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Lorraine Segato Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2023.024
  • Fonds
  • 1974 - 2015

This fonds has been arranged in two different ways. The first is an arrangement scheme based on the creator’s order by box number. The second arrangement divides the fonds into a series of functional classifications based on the creator’s career and work. Those series, and subseries are as follows:
Series One: Early Recording Career
This series includes audio recordings made by Segato in 1977 while she was attending Sheridan College. It also includes two recordings by the No Frills Band (which included members of Segato’s first band, Mama Quilla II).

Series Two: Mama Quilla II
This series includes records related to Segato’s first band, Mama Quilla II. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Press Clippings
This subseries includes press materials pertaining to Mama Quilla II, including press kits, newspaper and magazine clippings, and a softcover book featuring Mama Quilla II.
Subseries Two: Photos and Posters
This subseries includes posters for various Mama Quilla II gigs, as well as photographs of the band.
Subseries Three: Recordings
This subseries includes a commercial 12” record released by Mama Quilla II, as well as outtakes and songs on ¼ in. audio tape.
Series Three: V
This series includes records related to Segato’s band with Mojah, Jeffrey Holdip, Terry Wilkins and Billy Bryans. This series includes posters for various V gigs.
Series Four: Parachute Club
This series includes records related to The Parachute Club. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Business and Legal Files
This subseries includes records related to the business and legal affairs of The Parachute Club. This includes correspondence, various contracts, music licensing and sync agreements, royalty statements, budgets, financial details and expense reports, tour riders, tour itineraries, management company proposals and strategies, and merchandising reports. This subseries also contains records related to a lawsuit launched by members of The Parachute Club against EMI for use of the song “Rise Up” in advertising.
Subseries Two: Press Clippings
This subseries includes various newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to The Parachute Club.
Subseries Three: Ephemera
This subseries includes ephemeral materials related to The Parachute Club, including invitations, flyers, guests lists and other planning documents related to their self-titled album release party at the Bamboo Club. It includes various programmes, flyers, photographs, and backstage passes relating to Parachute Club gigs. It also includes notebooks belonging to Segato, containing song lyrics and journal entries. Finally, this subseries includes promotional items such as a branded folder for “At the Feet of the Moon” as well as a Parachute Club t-shirt.

Subseries Four: Awards and Honours
This subseries includes records related to awards and honours received by The Parachute Club. This includes Juno nomination certificates, a Northern Lights for Africa Society certificate and correspondence from various dignitaries. It also includes a Juno Award for Best Video, “Love is Fire,” a CASBY Award for Album of the Year, “Small Victories”, and two CFNY U-Know Awards, 1983 Most Promising Female, Lorraine Segato and 1984 Female Vocal of the Year, Lorraine Segato. This subseries also includes the Juno Awards Official 1984 Program, the year The Parachute Club won the Juno for Single of the Year, “Rise Up.”
Subseries Five: Music Videos
This subseries includes records related to the making of The Parachute Club’s music videos. This includes rushes and raw footage on video as well as film. It includes rough cuts and offlines of various videos on video, as well as some finished, final music videos on VHS. This subseries also includes music video budgets, treatments, proposals, crew lists, shoot schedules, and set designs (particularly for the U.S. version of “Rise Up”).
Subseries Six: Performances & Appearances
This subseries includes records related to The Parachute Club’s performances and appearances. It includes set lists from various shows, videos of live performances, as well as videos of interviews and appearances on television.
Subseries Seven: Photos
This subseries includes photographs, negatives, transparencies, and contact sheets related to The Parachute Club. This includes candid snapshots of tours, performances, events, and studio recording sessions, as well as promotional and press photographs.
Subseries Eight: Posters
This subseries includes posters and flyers for various Parachute Club gigs.
Subseries Nine: Recordings
This subseries includes records related to recordings by The Parachute Club. This includes original recordings on ¼” audio tape, as well as commercial LPs, 45s and cassettes of The Parachute Club’s singles and albums. This subseries also includes liner notes and sample album artwork for a demo recording.
Subseries Ten: Billy Bryans’ Materials
This subseries includes records created by and related to Billy Bryans of The Parachute Club and Mama Quilla II. This includes press clippings, flyers, posters, photos, and ephemera related to his time in Mama Quilla II and The Parachute Club. This subseries also includes photographs and press kit materials related to his first band, MG & The Escorts. Finally, this subseries includes records related to Billy Bryans’ music promotion and DJ-ing work, post-Parachute Club – which consists of photographs, flyers, press clippings, album charts, and ephemera.

Series Five: Solo Career
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s solo music career. It has been arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: Business and Legal Files
This subseries includes records related to the business and legal affairs of Lorraine Segato’s solo music career. This includes correspondence, various contracts and agreements, album budgets, loan applications and loan agreements, album investor reports, royalties and publishing statements, press releases, performance agreements and gig riders.
Subseries Two: Press Clippings
This subseries includes various newspaper and magazine clippings pertaining to Lorraine Segato’s solo music career.
Subseries Three: Ephemera
This subseries includes ephemeral materials related to Segato’s solo music career, and consists of festival, concert, and theatre performance programmes and 1 t-shirt.
Subseries Four: Music Videos
This subseries includes records related to the making of Lorraine Segato’s music videos. This includes rushes and raw footage on video tape as well as film. It includes rough cuts and offlines of various videos on video tape, as well as some finished, final music videos on video tape. This subseries also includes music video scripts, treatments, director notes, storyboards, budgets, crew lists, call sheets, and location scouting photographs.
Subseries Five: Performances and Appearances
This subseries includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s solo performances and appearances. It includes performance agreements, guest lists, ticket stubs, and set lists. It also includes photographs of performances, as well as video tapes of performances and interviews.
Subseries Seven: Posters
This series includes posters and flyers related to various Lorraine Segato solo performances.
Subseries Eight: Recordings
This subseries includes records related to solo recordings by Lorraine Segato. Included in this are original recordings on 2” audio tape, as well as track sheets and cue lists, and commercial 45s, cassette and compact discs of Segato’s singles and albums. This series also includes reference tapes and demo tapes on cassette.
Series Six: Filmmaking
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s filmmaking work. It is arranged in the following subseries:
Subseries One: Early Work
This subseries consists of records related to Segato’s early filmmaking work, particularly work done at Sheridan College. This includes original negatives, prints of rushes and films, and magnetic audio. It also includes a small amount of correspondence, a film festival participation certificate and programme, and a broadcast acceptance sheet pertaining to Segato’s short film “Larking.”
Subseries Two: “Good Medicine”
This subseries consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s directorial work on “Good Medicine,” a music video for the single of the same name and campaign video for CAW, produced with Barna-Alper productions. This includes work tapes and rushes on video cassette. It also includes auditions on video cassette. This series also includes finished copies of the campaign video on VHS and Betacam. Note that other materials pertaining to “Good Medicine” can also be found in Series Five, Subseries Four: Music Videos. For other records pertaining to the CAW campaign, see also Series Twelve: Issues & Activism.
Subseries Three: Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone
This subseries consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s research, producing, and directorial work on the documentary film “Queen Street West: The Rebel Zone” as well as the film’s soundtrack. This includes an extensive number of research documents pertaining to the Toronto film music and art scene in the 1970s and 1980s. It also includes correspondence, press clippings, documentary treatments and outlines, budgets, funding applications, shot lists, scripts, lists of interview subjects, credits, and supers lists. This subseries also includes raw interview footage, work tapes, archival and research footage, and final copies of the completed production on video cassette. Finally, this subseries includes records related to the film’s soundtrack, including license agreements, soundtrack production budgets, liner notes, and album artwork proofs.
Subseries Four: Poetry Film
This subseries includes a video tape labeled “Poetry Film,” directed by Lorraine Segato.
Subseries Five: Worth Every Minute
This subseries includes a copy of the final mix version of “Worth Every Minute,” a film co-directed by Lorraine Segato, on video cassette. This subseries also includes a Mayworks Film Festival, at which this film was shown.
Subseries Six: Keep the Tribe Alive
This subseries consists of records related to a series of PSAs directed by Lorraine Segato. Included in this subseries are work tapes and dubs of these PSAs on video cassette.
Subseries Seven: Proposals
This subseries includes a music video proposal and budget for a Lillian Allen music video, to be directed by Lorraine Segato. It also includes a proposal for a television series created by Lorraine Segato and Rita Davies, as well as related correspondence.
Subseries Eight: Miscellaneous
This subseries includes film and video records that could not be ascribed to a particular production. It includes several reels of Super 8 film, as well as VHS tapes.
Series Seven: Acting
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s acting career. This includes a copy of the film “Heart Songs” on Betacam and VHS, as well as press clippings and a flyer related to that film. It also includes a copy of the film “The pINCO Triangle”, as well as a flyer for that film.
Series Eight: Composing
This series includes related to Lorraine Segato’s composing work and original scores for film and television productions. Included are records related to “Apples and Oranges”, a film by Lynne Fernie with original music by Lorraine Segato. These consist of music cue sheets and lists, correspondence, invoices, music commission contracts, song lyrics, storyboards, work tapes, rough cuts, and finished versions of the production. It also includes records related “The National Drug Test”, a documentary with original music by Segato. These consist of documentary scripts, treatments, proposals, and a finished copy of the production on VHS. Finally, this series contains records related to documentary film “Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada,” with music by Lorraine Segato. These include correspondence, various contracts and agreements, correspondence and notes.
Series Nine: Event Management and Coordination
This series includes records related to Lorraine Segato’s event management and coordination work. It is arranged into subseries as follows:
Subseries One: The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
This subseries includes records to Segato’s event production work on the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2003 and 2004. Records included in this series include correspondence, event schedules and show running orders, invoices and estimates, show budgets, award nomination forms, lists of nominees and winners, seating charts, performer bios and releases, photographs of nominees and winners, performer itinerary and travel details, stage plots and technical requirements, scripts, speeches, media and press reports, show programmes, and backstage passes. This subseries also includes a substantial number of audio recordings on compact disc, submitted by potential nominees and performers for evaluation by the Awards. It also includes some video elements from the 2003 awards show, including nominee packs and a sponsor reel on Betacam SP cassettes.
Subseries Two: Peter Gzowski Event
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “An Evening With Peter's Friends: A Celebration in Support of Peter Gzowski College", at Trent University. This includes the show script and programme, as well as the event schedule, correspondence, theatre rental contract, insurance documents, venue technical specifications and requirements, and performer technical riders. It also includes a compact disc of songs played at the event.

Subseries Three: House Party
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “House Party”, a benefit concert for the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. These records consist of correspondence, event project management reports, budgets, receipts and invoices, press releases, press clippings and media relations summaries, venue rental information, poster and art proofs, and photographs from the event. It also includes audio recordings by artists participating in the concert, as well as recordings of the concert on VHS.
Subseries Four: Jack it Up
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “Jack it Up”, a fundraiser for Jack Layton. These records include and event proposal and budgets, a production meeting agenda, press releases, press clippings, media sign-in sheets, ticket stubs, riders, performance contracts, stage plots, as well as an all-access pass to the event.
Subseries Five: Hope Rising
This subseries includes records related to Segato’s event production work on “Hope Rising”, a benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Records in this subseries include correspondence, event schedules, show running orders, budgets, tech requirements, performer itineraries, and stage plots. It also includes original drawings of stage show artwork.
Subseries Six: Events – General
This subseries consists of records related to Segato’s event production company “It’s a Wrap,” including a promotional mailer and art proofs for company logos.
Series Ten: Public Speaking
This series consists of an audio tape of Lorraine Segato and others speaking at the 71st Annual Couchiching Conference: Urban Diversity and Cultural Expression.”
Series Eleven: Writing
This series consists of records related to Lorraine Segato’s writing work. This includes a speech written for the 2004 Junos. It also includes an author’s agreement for a chapter in the anthology book “Shakin’ All Over,” as well as drafts of said chapter and a copy of the book. It also includes articles for various publications, including Xtra and NOW, written by Segato. Finally, this series includes a folder of general correspondence.
Series Twelve: Issues & Activism
This series consists of records related to various issues and causes supported by Segato. This includes records related to Segato’s involvement with efforts to prevent clear cutting in the Stein Valley in British Columbia, including correspondence, press clippings, petitions, proposals, reports, and a thank you card from Chief Leonard Andrew, and Chief Ruby Dunstan. This series also includes a video tape of a performance by Lorraine Segato and others to benefit the Stein Valley conservation effort.

This series also includes records related to Segato’s involvement with the Kumbaya Festival, to benefit charities doing work around HIV and AIDS. This includes two Kumbaya Festival calendars.
This series also includes records related to the CAW “Good Medicine Substance Abuse Campaign”, consisting of correspondence, program brochures, a press kit and press clippings.
This series also includes the music and lyrics for a song written by Lorraine Segato and Lynne Fernie for Jack Layton’s 2003 federal NDP leadership campaign.
This series also includes records related to Segato’s research into women in music, for a Status of Women Report.
Finally this series includes two books about people experiencing homelessness in Toronto.
Series Thirteen: General Career
This series includes records related to Segato’s career in general, not easily ascribed to particular musical groups or events. It is arranged into the following subseries:
Subseries One: Press Clippings
This subseries consists of press clippings pertaining to Segato’s career in general, as well as flyers and photographs.
Subseries Two: Ephemera and Miscellaneous
This subseries consists of ephemera and other miscellaneous materials related to Segato’s career. Included in this series are an event pass, Segato’s bio and resume, and a Juno Awards Tenth Anniversary Special Issue book. There are also four video cassettes of various programs.
Subseries Three: Posters
This subseries includes posters with artwork by Barbara Klunder.
Series Fourteen: Box Inventory Lists
This series consists of original box inventory lists.

Lorraine Segato

2017.011 Accrual

The Blue Rodeo Accrual is separated under these series:
Series 1 – 7
Series 1: Video and Music Production
Series 2: Blue Rodeo-Live Contracts
Series 3: Tour Itineraries
Series 4: Audio Visuals
Series 5: Press clippings
Series 6: Merchandise and advertisement
Series 7: Awards

Series 1: Video and Music Production
The Blue Rodeo accrual’s first series is based on video and music production. This series deals with the business side of music production, music video requests and music sheets. It contains handwritten drafts of music sheets for their songs Sad Nights, It Could Happen to You, and Blew it away. It also includes correspondences to various production studios, video/film production ideas, and talks on video treatment for Blue Rodeo Music Videos. Lisa Mann and Christopher Mills created music treatments, and Anne Lindsay arranged the music score.
Series 2: Blue Rodeo-Live Contracts
The second series contains the collections of gig contracts for Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s solo acts. The venues include both public and private performances. The documents in the series are the engagement contract forms from the Toronto Musician’s Association for Blue Rodeo tours and contracts from the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. It also includes correspondence, catering, and memos from various venues. The contracts are from their tours in Canada and various international tours in Europe, the United States, and South America.
Series 3: Tour Itineraries
The third series retains Blue Rodeo tour itineraries both for Canadian and international tours. Itineraries include the scheduling for Lost Together, Tremolo, and the Diamond Mine tours in Canada and the United States from 1988 to 1997. The folders contain not only the tour itineraries but also contacts from various entertainment management companies, performance schedules, invoices for advertisement, press clippings about the tour, and correspondences. The series also includes Jim Cuddy and his solo band’s performance tours.
Series 4: Audio Visuals
The fourth series includes the videos and audio tapes from their concerts and songs. Videos include events such as the 40th Juno Awards red carpet, their shows at Horseshoe Tavern, Blue Rodeo in Banff, and Massey Hall. Audio from this collection includes songs Is it You, Moon and Tree, The Undiscovered Country, Walk like you Don’t Mind, Blue Rodeo in Stereovision, and other songs. It also includes vinyl records I don’t know why (You Love Me)/ Look what you've done, their songs from Hi-Fi.
Series 5: Press clippings
The fifth series contains a collection of press collections, magazines, and online articles that follow the journey of Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s solo performance written in in English, French, and German. Blue Rodeo press clippings publishers are from Canada, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Press clippings include their various tours, album reviews, interviews with Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy, NHL sports competitions, and lastly, the press featuring Blue Rodeo merchandise and marketing for concerts and albums.
Series 6: Merchandise and Advertisement
The sixth series includes the merchandise materials, objects, and proofs. Merchandise materials include business cards of various media companies proposing their works to Blue Rodeo by giving samples of their security access passes, patches, stickers, and langers. Media companies that submitted their work to Blue Rodeo also worked with musicians such as Snoop Dog, Eagles, Blink 182, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, KISS, and other music festival companies. Other merchandise materials include the Blue Rodeo’s tour apparel, which includes t-shirts, sweaters, and jackets. The advertisement consists of correspondence to Blue Rodeo and Jim Cuddy’s managers, music producers, and flyers to their earlier events. The last piece in the series is the personal apparel from Jim Cuddy, which includes his JUNO Cup hockey jerseys and business suits.
Series 7: Awards
The final series includes all the awards and recognition that Blue Rodeo and Jum Cuddy received during their careers. Awards include plaques, programs for award shows, and guides for the inductees. The numerous industry awards consist of the JUNOs, SOCANs, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the 2014 CBC Music Awards, and Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts – the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Lastly, it includes correspondence for participation in charity work.

Blue Rodeo

Roman Bittman and Marilyn Belec Bittman fonds

  • CA ON00349 2021.013
  • Fonds
  • 1941 - 2020

The Roman Bittman and Marily Belec Bittman Fonds is separated based on Roman and Marilyn’s projects and business under these series:
Series 1 – 11
Series 1: Program environment
Series 2: Anglosea Guides
Series 3: NAAF Business – National Aboriginal Achievement foundation
Series 4: Man Alive
Series 5: Agenda and Journals
Series 6: Awards
Series 7: Roman Files
Series 8: Family History
Series 9: NSFDC – Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
Series 10: APTN – National Indigenous Television Network
Series 11: Mobius Productions

Series 1: Program environment
The first Roman Bittman and Marilyn Belec Bittman collection series is from the National Film Board (NFB) Program Environmental—a research film funded in 1974. The series consists of research notes, conceptual analysis, and the proposed working plan for other films to be produced by the National Film Board.
Series 2: Anglosea Guides
The second series consists of documents used in research and support of the documentary Anglosea. The files include research notes and other supporting documents. Records include the Anglosea Scheduling for Scriptwriting overseas (with additional written information), correspondences, schedule of visits on board Baltic and Oresund Ferries, and schedule of the Programme of Mr. Roman Bittman’s visit to the Arab Maritime Transport Academy. It also includes various business cards from the Ministry of Canada, transportation companies from Canada and international business cards (mainly Arab countries). The documents also contain guidebooks of the area and a navigation booklet for the teachers and students for the St. Lawrence seaway. The International Maritime Lecturers Association approved both manuals.
Series 3: NAAF Business – National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) is a charitable organization dedicated to raising funds to deliver programs that provide the tools necessary for Aboriginal peoples, especially youth, to achieve their potential. The Foundation has awarded more than $37 million in scholarships and bursaries to more than 9,800 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students nationwide. Roman Bittman produced the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation Awards show, and he also served as the organization’s interim CEO.
The series contains business cards of various government offices and businesses involved in supporting the NAAF. It includes the NAAF Five-year plan 2006-2010 as Roman Bittman’s acting CEO; it also consists of the verbatim of what he said and has comments to his plan. The series contains the planning and description of the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards. Business records includes the schedules for the Ottawa Meetings of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation with John Watson, Mark Wilgen, Dahlia Stein, Jascha Jabes, Rick Hansen, and Pat Martin MP. Email correspondence on various business proposals and Roman Bittman assuming acting CEO duties. Lastly, the series also consists of financial documents for the NAAF.
Series 4: Man Alive
The fourth series focuses on the writings of Thomas Merton. Merton was an influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain, has sold over one million copies, and he wrote over sixty other books and hundreds of poems and articles on topics ranging from spirituality to civil rights, and the nuclear arms race. The collection contains audio tapes of the interview and writings of Thomas Merton for Roman Bittman’s production, Man Alive. The tapes are titled Letter of Bernaro to Robert – Peter the Venerable letter of Defense; Race situations – St Basil Ascetical Discourse; Abelard and his Lark of Spiritual Insight; Silence and Makins signs; Poetry and Song; Chinese thought; and other tapes based on Thomas Merton travels.
Series 5: Agenda and Journals
The fifth series contains the agendas and journals that once belonged to Roman Bittman. His journals write of his personal life, but mostly his work, such as his research on Thomas Merton, his trip to Norway, sea battles in WWII and NATO. The agendas consist of meeting schedules, films he worked on, the contact information of his colleagues, and his travel and shooting schedules of various locations, such as his trip to Prince Edward Island, Miami, and Washington, DC. It also includes the agenda that belonged to Marilyn Belec, with her daily schedule and contact list of her colleagues.
Series 6: Awards
The sixth series consists of awards that Roman Bittman won during his extensive career and honoured after his death. Awards for his short films, early films and documentaries include the Screen awards, CFTA film awards, Family Life Film award, Banff International, American Film Festival and many more national and international Film Festival awards. It also includes the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, which he attended and wrote a message in the award booklet. After his death, many people in the entertainment and the Indigenous community came together to celebrate, honour, and recognize Roman Bittman’s life works. Many include speeches on his achievements, tribute letters, and people sending in letters to various awards nominating him after his death.
Series 7: Roman Files
The seventh series consists of Roman Bittman’s files for researching various films, company correspondences, and corporate financial papers. Documents consist of research and proposals for the potential work of the Pilgrimage sent by Roman Bittman when he was a part of Marilyn Belec Bittman’s company, Mobius Media Corporation. Furthermore, he spent his time at CBC News before becoming a producer of the documentary series The Nature of Things. The seventh series also includes his travel documents and souvenirs. His academic and personal documents include his personal poem and writings; his Ryerson University (now called Toronto Metropolitan University) letters and photos of Ryerson class reunion, touring Ryerson’s new Rogers Communications Centre with his old classmates.
Series 8: Family History
The eighth series focuses on the research done on Roman Bittman’s family history and lineage. Documents include Roman Bittman’s Genealogy Chart. Roman Bittman’s aunt, Sarah Norjard, researched papers he collected in 1992. Research notes contain photography of Sarah and Roman with family, articles from the Record-Gazette and his Métis card. It also includes his family connections towards the Bourassa and St. Germain families, two notable family members in their province’s history.
Series 9: NSFDC – Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
The ninth series contains his development in the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation (NSFDC). Documents include press releases from the NSFDC from the board of directors’ appointments and letters from various media companies such as Screen Star group and Mobius media production—project letters for the plans to build and operate the province’s first full sound stage. It also includes a discussion on Roman Bittman’s contract as he served as President of the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation but was later dismissed in 1996 after the NSFDC board rejected his financing plans for the sound stage.
Series 10: APTN – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
The tenth series of the fonds contains documents of Roman Bittman’s involvement in the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Bittman was an early advisor to the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network which was launched in 1999 as the first national Indigenous broadcaster in the world. Since then, the network has become a global leader in programming that celebrates the rich diversity of Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island and beyond. The documents include the Aboriginal Broadcast Talent Directory book from the Centre for Aboriginal Media (CAM), press clippings on Roman Bittman establishing the National Aboriginal Television Network and business cards from various production companies, government cards, finance, and Hotel cards. Lastly, it includes the APTN Board of Directors/AGM Meeting and conference binder that provided investors and producers information on the APTN mission and the agenda for the APRN Teleconference meeting.
Series 11: Mobius Productions
The last series within the fonds is Roman and Marilyn Belec Bittman’s career and work in Mobius Media Productions. Marilyn Belec Bittman was president of the independent production firm, Mobius Productions, and Roman was a partner. Documents entail their correspondences on their various films and productions—government letters from the Ministry of Skills Development, Labour Canada, and other partners. Lastly, it includes corporation magazines and financial works such as Mobius Productions guide to film titles and price lists.

Bittman, Roman and Belec Bittman, Marilyn

2017.030 acquisition

The Paul Saltzman Fonds spans his whole career, with many records from his most notable work. His time with the Beatles in 1968 is well represented. Multiple transparencies, artist proofs, and exhibition prints are present, including those selected by the Liverpool Airport for their art installation. There are also photos Saltzman took on his return trip to India in 2004 in preparation of his book.

There are multiple video Masters for the Danger Bay series, including Spanish, French, and Czech language masters.
A vast array of production elements are present ( ¼” audio reels, audiocassettes, Betacam SP, Digital Betacam, D2 cassettes, ¾” cassettes, VHS, HDCAM, DVDs, CDs, 16mm release prints, 16mm workprints, 16mm internegative, 16mm interpositive, 16mm optical soundtrack, 16mm magnetic soundtrack, 35mm release prints), and include productions Danger Bay, Wings, and Cold L-Z Pow. Multiple hard drives hold electronic files from Aides, Prom Night, and Last White Night.

Photographic and graphic records represent the productions Spread Your Wings, Danger Bay, and My Secret Identity. Some of these photographs are cast/crew photos, framed animation cells, and framed magazine covers.

Many of Saltzman’s awards are included in the Fonds. There are 100 framed certificate awards, 5 statuettes, 1 Emmy award for My Secret Identity, 3 medals, 9 medals in custom boxes and 2 medals encased in acrylic.

Saltzman, Paul

The Toronto Film Society

  • CA ON00349 2017.009
  • Fonds
  • 1938 - 2018

Scope and Content: Series 1 – 5
Series 1: “People” Clippings Files
Series 2: AGE Series III
Series 3: Film Company Catalogues
Series 4: Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Award
Series 5: Toronto Film Society Administration

Series 1: People
The first series contains press clippings from various publications of various actors, reviews, and critics of the films—numerous articles on the Directors, musicians, producers, and writers. Press clippings are organized alphabetically by last name, from Joe Abeywicrema to Valerio Zurlini.

Series 2: AGE Series III
The A-G-E Film Society of Toronto was created in 1955 until 1962 for the purpose of “providing those who lived through the cinema’s formative years with the opportunity to relive the past, and to give the new generation of film enthusiasts a chance to see what had been accomplished in motion pictures before their interest in films began.” Within the second series, the AGE collection includes the application for membership in the AGE. It contains the AGE 2nd to AGE 6th Season programmes letter from the AGE Film Society of Toronto to various partners and film organizations. The series also includes several newspaper clippings on the AGE Society.

Series 3: Film Company Catalogues
The third series contains the documents and items from various film production companies whose titles are included in the TFS collection. Production company catalogues collected are from Canadian and international film companies. Companies included in the series are A World of Entertainment, Universal/16, Pan Canadian Film Distributors Inc, Cinematheque Ontario, Paramount, Universal Pictures and more. Many catalogues also come from the TFS Summer series and other film events hosted by TFS.

Series 4: Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Award
The Fourth series contains the textual files and objects on the Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Award. The award was named in honour of Dorothy and Oscar Burritt, who left Vancouver from the Vancouver branch of the Canadian film Society to aid in the creation of the TFS. The Burritt’s contribution to the film society movement was recognized by a special Canadian Film Award in 1963, just a few months before Dorothy’s death. The Toronto Film Society established the Dorothy Burritt Memorial Award (later renamed for Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Memorial Award), an annual cash grant to support projects that contribute “to greater understanding and enjoyment of the film as an art”. The collection includes correspondences from various film societies, such as the Vancouver branch and other film production companies. It also contains reports, Memorial Award packages, press clippings, marketing on advertising the various TFS events, and correspondence to the Burritt Memorial Award Committee.

Series 5: Toronto Film Society Administration
The Fifth series contains the documentation on the administration side of the TFS. Many of the TFS's administration documents include meeting minutes from their AGM (Annual General Meeting) and TFS Board Meeting Minutes. Such meetings include the general and board meeting minutes, documents that pertain to the international film festival and many other festivals, TFS committee report, and correspondences. The series also contains the administration for their awards, such as the Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Memorial Award and film acquisitions. TFS administration documents include their members' information, votes and questionnaires for their members. It also consists of the Eastman House, financial reports, and statements on the TFS events, such as the summer and seasons series. Lastly, include film acquisition documents of various films.

The Toronto Film Society

Robert Sandler Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2022.015
  • Fonds
  • 1976 - 2003

The Robert Sandler Fonds is separated under series based on the production of various TV series and movies.

Series 1: Northrop Frye Lectures (Frye) Collection
As noted, as the ‘Fyre Collection’ by Sandler in his writings. The collection includes Professor Northrop Frye’s writings and Sandler’s own lectures note from his time as student under Professor Northrop Frye in English literature. The textual in series contains lecture notes on Shakespeare, a collection of William Shakespeare’s various plays. Which was the winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction. The series contains Sandler’s audiotape collection of Professor Frye’s undergraduate classes Introduction to Shakespeare for two plus years. Frye’s lectures were transcribed, and Professor Northrop Frye’s edited them into a book, which Sandler sold to publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside. The documents and audiotapes lead to the publishing of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare: Edited by Robert Sandler won Professor Northrop Frye his only Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction.

Sandler worked on multiple projects with Professor Northrop Frye, such as the Bible and Literature and Story of Us. Professor Northrop Frye and Sandler had a good student and teacher relationship, to the point that Professor Northrop Frye wrote a letter of recommendation for Sandler’s CBC application. Sandler was able to work with Professor Northrop Frye when Sandler worked with the University of Toronto’s Media Centre to record the professor’s lectures. Formats within the series includes video and audio copies of the original 25-hour long lectures, used in Bible and Literature, Sandler’s notes to edit the hour-long lectures into 30 ½ hour programs, notes for the 30 roundtable discussions, promotional material are Sandler’s contribution to initiating the Frye project.

Series 2: Fraggle Rock
The second series holds mostly screenplays and script for the children’s program Fraggle Rock. Fraggle Rock is the first series HBO commissioned and created by Jim Henson and his team. It was nominated and won various awards. Sandler was a writer brought on in Season 2 and wrote six episodes and one of his shows was nominated for an International Emmy. Documents included in the series includes episode script proposals, correspondence with Jim Henson and other producers, cast and crew. Also includes the first, second, and third readthrough drafts, written by Robert Sandler and other writers on the show such as Jerry Juhl, Laura Philips, David Young, bq Nichol and Jocelyn Stevenson. The series also includes photographs of cast and crew members on the production set of Fraggle Rock; Fraggle Rock Christmas CDs and an award with a piece of Fraggle Rock presented to Sandler for his years of achievement on the show. Lastly are the lawsuit documents involving the series’ writers not being proper financially compensated.

Series 3: Eric’s World
The third series contains the documents and items from the children’s sitcom series that aired from 1991-1996. The show was a 30-minute program broadcasted on TVO, Knowledge Network, SCN, Access and Family Channel. Sandler was hired to create a children’s series featuring Eric Nagler as a children’s performer and his manager, CJ, a puppet manipulated by John Pattison. Robert Sandler and Allen Booth were the co-creator, co-creative producers, Writer, and co-story editors of the series. They also had various writers also contribute to the series as well.

Documents include both the failed and successful documents to pilot the series, drafts, script notes and final drafts of my 30 plus scripts, the remaining scripts from five seasons, writer’s guides, organization papers. Digital and DVD copies.

Series 4: Traders - Street Legal
The fourth series contains the textual files and video from the Canadian prime-time drama set in a Toronto investment firm. The show is about the professional and private lives of a group of young, aggressive attorneys in partnership together in Toronto. The series was broadcasted on Global TV from 1987-1994. Robert Sandler and Allen Booth are the Co-Story Editors, Episode Co-writers. The documents contained in the series are various drafts of scripts such as the first and second draft written by Robert Sandler, production script, outline of scripts, contract between CBC and Robert Sandler; and correspondences from various production and broadcasting companies like CBC.

Series 5: Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science
The Fifth series contains the documentation and episodes of the award-winning and nominated TV Series that pioneered the true crime genre. This series features interesting crimes stories where forensic science played critical role in solving. This program re-enacts cases in which forensic scientists have used their expertise to find and examine evidence that would have previously been undetectable. 30 minutes TV docudrama series, where Sandler was the Creative Producer, Co-Creator, and Episode Writer. The files included in the series, contains the scripts that Sandler wrote and co-wrote in the first season and important episodes in later seasons. It also includes drafts of the script as well as a VHS and digital copies of the show, plus PR material, documents that pertain to the production of the series, screenplays, court orders, and transcripts of interviews from various scientists, police investigators and comments on the case.

Series 6: 72 Hour - True Crime
The Sixth series contains the textual files and videos a half- hour true TV crime docudrama follow up that focused on the investigators. The series ran three seasons, 45 episodes which Sandler had a hand in writing many of the episodes. The series contains the pitch documents, scripts written by Sandler, scripts he was credited, and script notes on the other 43 episodes, and rewritten scripts. Documents also include production photographs, research documents, crew resume, press clippings, tape interviews and notes.

Series 7: Extreme Clergy
The Seventh series are from the ½ hour TV documentary series where Sandler was the creator, writer, and an episode co-writer. The TV series documented the story of one or a team of clergy in social hot spots around the world. Some people in religious orders were surfing the waves, fighting in warzones, artic, and more amazing places outside a place of worship. The collection documents from Sandler includes the pitch documents for the TV series, drafts of the scripts Sandler wrote or co-wrote, DVDs of various steps in the edit, DVDs of the final episode and various tapes and digital copies of the episodes.

Series 8: EXC Finance
The Eight series in the Sandler collection, include the financial documents for various productions. Textual materials obtained from various production companies such as Two Sands Productions and Creative Anarchy. Also includes the applications and forms to fund various film projects; such as the Canadian Television Fund Agreement, Ontario Declaration of Residency/Consent Form 2008, letter from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Heritage letter. Financial papers included in the collection contains various bank statements, audits, notices from banks, authorization form, Tax documents; T2 Corporation Income Tax Return form, claim forms and Invoices.

Series 9: Sex and Religion
The Ninth series in the collection are documents based on the TV documentary series Sex & Religion. Robert Sandler was the co-creator, and episode writer. A documentary series that travels the world looking for the line between sex and sin. Robert Sandler noted that, “in conjunction with Riddle Films, I was wholly responsible for 5 of the 13 episodes about how major religions viewed various aspects of sex.” Textual documents in this series includes Sandler’s involvement in the writing of the scripts and includes DVDs and edits of these episodes.

Series 10: Real Voodoo
The Tenth series in the collection formats features textual, data, video, and photographs. Short tv-movie that includes financial records of various forms from the Canadian Revenue Agency, notice of (RE)Assessment and form of Claiming a Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit. Correspondences, proposals, and draft of scripts.

Series 11: My Pet’s Gone Viral (MPGV)
The Eleventh series in the collection features textual, data, video, and photographs of production. Holds eight episodes ½ hour documentary series starring the cats and dogs in YouTube pet videos that went viral. In the collection include script drafts and final scripts written by Sandler. In the collection also include the DVDs of the final episodes. Financial documents include cost report spreadsheet from various budget, MPGV Banking Summary Notes (2014), breakdown of Canadian costs, and eSubmission Summary. Correspondence to and from Animal Planet on distribution and production of the series.

Series 12: Brebeuf and the Huron Carol
The Twelve series in the collection of the A 1-hour TV musical biography, produced by Creative Anarchy and CBC Radio Canada. The TV special was written by Robert Sandler on the dramatization on the life of Father Brebeuf and his time among the Wendat (Hurons) and his The Huron Carole, the first Christmas Carole in the New World. In this series the various versions of the script and drafts are written by Sandler with his corrections. It also includes research notes and articles on Brebeuf. Video copies are in VHS and digital formats of the show, which also includes photos from the filming, flyer, and episodes.

Series 13: Assholes *A Documentary
The Thirteenth series is about novels by Aaron James turn TV documentary. The TV adaptation was written by Robert Sandler and John Walker with the broadcasting channels NFB and CBC Documentary Channel. It is a feature length documentary based on the New York Times’ best seller of the same name. The TV documentary is inspired by the NYT bestselling book, this lively philosophical investigation into the rise of asshole behaviour across the world asks: What does it mean to be an asshole, and more importantly, how do we stop their proliferation. The show has been nominated for a Writer’s Award and a Gemini Award.

With in the collection includes the research journals/notes, drafts and final editions of the script, invoices, email correspondence between Sandler and his co-writer/director John Walker. Majority of the formats in the collection are data floppy disk drives.

Series 14: Make Me Read
The Fourteenth series short internet films, co-written by Robert Sandler and long-time partner Allen Booth. Make Me Read is a series of YouTube videos with young comedians interviewing popular Canadian authors. However, there are no videos of the short films within the collection, instead the collection holds an array of drafts and final editions of the YouTube videos. The series also includes the novels of the Canadian authors that Sandler interviewed. Most of the authors were a part of the Toronto festival ‘The Word on the Street Festival’.

Series 15: Music
The Fifteenth series contains the audio recordings of various artists that Sandler either produced or had some influence in. Textual documentation contains contracts and agreements for BMI Canada - the Music Scene and SOCAN, song lyrics and correspondences between Sandler and artists. Audio holds recordings from vinyl records and audio reels – such as the album for the movie Foxy Lady and the album for Tony Kosinec.

Series 16: Miscellaneous Produced
The Sixteenth series holds various files of various smaller rolls in TV series throughout his carrier. They include drafts of scripts, proposals, resumes, correspondence between networks, writers' contracts, and miscellaneous documents. TV series included in the series are Under the Umbrella Tree, The Biggest Little Ticket, Sesame Street, Dudley the Dragon, and more. Most of the textual documents are transcripts, various versions (drafts) of script & screenplays, correspondences, and financial files. Within the collection also include his personal academic essays from his time in University of Toronto. Most of the produced series and files are labeled as such in the notes.

Sandler, Robert

Mia Tsuji – The Tsuji Communications Inc.

  • CA ON00349 2012.012
  • Fonds
  • 1921-2001

The fonds consists of 6 series sorted by production companies and subject.
Series 1: NHK, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
Tsuji Communications became the distributor/agent for NHK programs from Japan. The first series includes four popular TV series in Japan. The first includes the popular Japanese show Kōhaku Uta Gassen, translated to the Japanese Red and White Show. It is an annual New Year’s Eve television special produced by Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The show is broadcast live simultaneously on television and radio by the NHK network and TCI productions. The Japanese Red and White show part of the series features master tapes with edited and satellite versions, from 1976 to 2000. Also included are the promos, clips, and episodes from Toronto Kohaku. The second Oshin is a popular series in Japan, episodes 1-271, in English subtitles and cue sheets to explain the episode’s content. The third is Japan Video Topics, short 15 minutes episodes on different topics in Japan. Lastly is the NHK Weekly News and various news clips aired on the NHK network.
Series 2: Tsuji Communications (TCI)
Susan and Roy Tsuji created the TCI Communication company, sometimes labelled as Tsuji Productions in 1980. Their popular Television series Hello Japan was a half-hour weekly program produced and hosted by Susan Tsuji. The episodes and clips spread from 1977 to 2000, including the short program Hello Toronto. It consisted of interviews, musical performances, and on-location shoots of community and public events (1984-2004). The Tsuji’s captured and recorded the visits of visiting dignitaries (such as the Prince and Princess of Japan). They capture interactions the Japanese Canadian community with federal and provincial politicians, conferences pertaining to the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC), Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), and the Redress Campaign and more. As the Tsuji Family was very well connected in their community, they could attract all the important guests to speak on all the topics of importance to the community.
Series 3: Tsuji Family
This series consists primarily of personal videos, documents and objects that once belonged to Susan and Roy Tsuji. The Tsuji’s main objective was to promote Japanese culture to Japanese Canadians, not only in media but to support local schools for children to learn the language and culture of Japan. The textual documents include the materials and textbooks used by the Language International (LI) schools. These textual documents include the international students’ textbooks, schedules, and journals, which students had to keep studying the Japanese language.
Series 4: National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC)
The collection also features video recordings and textual documentation of the Redress Campaign and the 10th Anniversary of the Redress. The NAJC negotiated the historic Redress Settlement on behalf of all Japanese Canadians who suffered injustices and acts of discrimination during World War II. Led by the NAJC, the movement sought to hold the Government of Canada accountable for the severe human rights violations suffered by the community between 1941 and 1949. Many Japanese Canadians were interned and deported, while others were sent to the sugar beet farms of Alberta and Manitoba. The property of Japanese Canadians was seized by the Government and sold without their consent. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and NAJC President Art Miki ended a successful campaign that led to the historic signing of the Redress agreement on September 22, 1988. The Tsuji family interviewed and captured key events and spokespersons from the NAJC for the Redress journey across Canada to Ottawa. Most notable interviews were held for Roger Obata, Joy Kogawa and Art Miki, the president of the NAJC.
The fonds includes footage of the march and progress to Ottawa, city hall, and the Redress rally to celebrate their victory. Interviews of Bob Ito, Roger Obata, various Prime Ministers, and supporters of the Redress campaign are also included in the fond. Footage of the Redress campaign spreads from 1983 to 1997. The last sub-series is the 10th Anniversary Banquet and Gala of the Redress, the gala was to thank the leaders of the NAJC, such as the tribute to Roger Obata.
Series 5: Television Commercials
The Tsuji family also obtained a vast collection of 30 seconds and 60 seconds commercials aired during their programs. Many created by Japanese companies such as the Japan Airline, Sanyo, Mita; and western commercials.
Series 6: Miscellaneous
The final series of the collections are the Miscellaneous. Overall, this collection is a balanced combination of entertainment, drama, local affairs, and international programming of interest to the Japanese Canadian community from the 1980s to 2001.
Please note that this fonds contains confidential information in relation to organizers names, and contact information. This fonds contains primarily textual documents to the Redress campaign, and the media format includes tapes such as Umatic, BetacamSP, and VHS. Also included is Roy’s vinyl collection, Hi8 cassettes, floppy disks, and photographs with colour prints of the singers from the Red and White show.

Tsuji, Mia - The Tsuji Communications Inc Fonds

Edie Steiner Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2022.018
  • Fonds
  • 1973 - 2021

The records in this fonds include Steiner’s photography, from her student work, to her documentation of the Toronto music scene and music portraits, to her exhibition work. Also included is a selection of published work and commercial photographs. The collection also includes Steiner’s Super 8mm films and recordings of live musical performances, as well as Steiner’s narrative and documentary films. The fonds consists of five series, based on the creator’s major artistic and creative activities, and are arranged in rough chronological order. The series are as follows:

  1. Series One: Narrative and Documentary Films
  2. Series Two: Super 8mm and Performance
  3. Series Three: Works in Audio
  4. Series Four: Photography
  5. Series Five: Creative Writing
    The first series, Narrative and Documentary Films, is divided into four subseries. The first, Subseries One: Film elements and masters includes the masters and audio/visual elements of Steiner’s narrative and documentary films shot on 16mm and video up to “Borderland Memories.” The second, Subseries Two: Film Research, consists of a series of research interviews shot on video for a project entitled “Dreams of Solidarity.” The third sub-series, Subseries Three: Film Promotion, Exhibition, includes textual and graphic records related to the production and promotion of Steiner’s narrative and documentary films. The final subseries, Subseries Four: Film Stills Photography and Promotional Shots, includes prints and negatives of film stills and promotional shots of Steiner’s narrative film projects “Places to Stay” and “Felicity’s View.”
    The second series, Super 8mm and Performance, is divided into two subseries. The first, Subseries One: Films and Soundtracks includes Steiner’s finished Super 8 films, as well as recordings of her live musical accompaniments to these films on cassette and in some cases, compact disc. The series also includes VHS and Betacam SP copies of Steiner’s final Super 8 film “Who is #1?”. The second, Subseries Two: Outtakes and Works in Progress, consists of outtakes and miscellaneous Super 8 film reels.
    The third series, Works in Audio, is divided into two subseries. The first, Subseries One: Music Recordings and Performances consists of audio and video recordings of Steiner’s original music, solo and in collaboration with other artists. Included in this series is a recording of Steiner playing with her band The Elementals, and several recordings of Steiner’s cover of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line.” It also features recordings of Steiner’s collaborations with Chip Yarwood, Malcolm Lewis, and Colin Offord. Finally, it includes both audio and video recordings of Steiner’s work with The Band That Dare Not Speak Its Name. The second subseries, Subseries Two: Radio Interviews includes recordings of Steiner being interviewed and playing music at various Canadian radio stations.
    Series Four, Photography, is divided into seven subseries. The first, Subseries One: Portraits, Fashion, Landscapes consists of prints, contact sheets, and negatives of Steiner’s portrait photography work from the 1970s to the 2000s. Portrait subjects include Toronto musicians, artists, filmmakers, writers and poets – many of them friends and contemporaries of Steiner. This series also features Steiner’s photos and portraits of musical artists Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Lydia Lunch, Rough Trade, Bryan Adams, and author Margaret Laurence. There is also a small collection of fashion photography, as well as two large format landscape photos. Subseries Two: Photo Exhibitions, features negatives and proofs of work featured in exhibition, as well as large format exhibition prints. Subseries Three: Travel Photos (for Exhibitions) consists of negatives and prints of travel photography. Subseries Four: Projects and New Works consists of negatives and a videotape related to a photography project entitled “Episodes in Dreamtime,” as well as one roll of test negatives shot in 2021. Subseries Five: Photography Publications consists of a publication entitled “Great Lakes Logia,” for which Steiner contributed photographs. Subseries Six: Various Events and Arts Documentation consists of various photographs and negatives documenting Steiner’s various artistic endeavours over the years, including live performances, music, openings of gallery shows, directing, and teaching. The final subseries, Subseries Seven: Commercial/Published Work includes newspaper and magazine clippings of Steiner’s published photography, as well as posters, album covers, promotional cards, and postcards, for which Steiner was the photographer.
    The final series, Series Five: Creative Writing, consists of a zine called “Gathering Blossoms Under Fire,” for which Steiner contributed an essay.
    This fonds includes textual and audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
    • Places to Stay
    • Roses are Blue
    • Felicity’s View
    • Northland: Long Journey
    • Conversations on the Lake
    • Borderland Memories
    This fonds includes audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
    • You Always Think About Things Like That
    • Post-Industrial
    • These Experiments
    • Dreams of Solidarity
    • Fake Milk Commercial (Super 8mm short)
    • White Flag (Super 8mm short)
    • Dance Party (Super 8mm short)
    • Examination Aboard a UFO (Super 8mm short)
    • Eclipse (Super 8mm short)
    • Happy Holidays (Super 8mm short)
    • Northern Journeys (Super 8mm short)
    • Chronicle (Super 8mm short)
    • Symphonic References (Super 8mm short)
    • Episodes (Super 8mm short)
    • Who is #1 (Super 8mm short)
    This fonds includes photographic material relating to the following exhibitions and photo series:
    • Painted Photographs
    • Mostly Rock & Roll
    • Urban Underground
    • Residual Landscapes
    • Recent Work
    • Earth and Bone
    • Day + Night
    • New Work
    • US Shrines
    • Great Lakes
    • Northland
    • The Artifice of Nature (sometimes titled The Nature of Artifice)
    • Condo Boom!
    • Views From Home: Facing North
    • Landscape as Power
    • The Poetry of Chance
    • Abject Transformations

Edie Steiner

Dave and Dale Cox (Third Accrual)

This accrual consists of four series, based on a listing provided by the creator. The series are as follows:

  1. Animation Books and Periodicals
  2. Animation Memorabilia
  3. Animation Cels and Drawings
  4. Animation Storyboards and Designs
    The first series, Animation Books and Periodicals, consists of the Coxes’ personal collection of books and magazines about the art of animation. This series also contains books and graphic novels based on Nelvana animated television programs - in particular, “Rock and Rule,” the “Franklin” series, and “Inspector Gadget.”
    The second series, Animation Memorabilia, consists of memorabilia collected by the Coxes related to animation, including commemorative programs and publications, brochures, a tote bag, “Babar” merchandise, an animation kit, original animation drawings from “The Pink Panther,” and several hand-cut, 3-D cartoon caricatures. This series also includes film reels and a DVD featuring some of Dave Coxes’ earliest animation work, from his time as a student at Sheridan College to animation shorts for “Sesame Street.”
    The third series, Animation Cels and Drawings, consists of original production animation cels and original production drawings from several Nelvana series and programs worked on by the Coxes, including “Cosmic Christmas,” “Intergalactic Thanksgiving,” “My Pet Monster,” “Ewoks,” “Rupert,” “Beetlejuice,” “Rome-0 and Julie-8,” “The Pink Panther,” and “Strawberry Shortcake.” This series also includes an animation cel from an animated Christmas card by Dave and Dale Cox.
    The fourth series, Animation Storyboards and Designs, consists of original storyboards and character designs created by Dave Cox, as well as copies of storyboards. Highlights include storyboards for “The New Quiz Kids,” for VideoArt Productions, as well as storyboards for several animated commercial and public service announcements. Finally, the series also includes storyboards, story ideas, and concept sketches for animated shorts and series by Dave Cox.

Dave and Dale Cox

Cinemavault Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2021.004
  • Fonds
  • 1980 - 2014

This fonds consists of 15 series, divided by the company’s functional activities, by format, and where possible, alphabetically by title, based in part on Cinemavault’s original organization records. The series are as follows:

  1. Distribution - AV Deliverables
  2. Distribution Master Tape Library
  3. Distribution – Trailers, Logos, EPKs and Shorts
  4. Distribution – Commercial DVDs and VHS
  5. Distribution – Deliverable Documents
  6. Distribution – Business and Legal Affairs Files
  7. Distribution – Theatrical Releases
  8. Distribution – Films Festivals and Markets
  9. Press and Publicity Materials
  10. Promotional Materials
  11. Key Art & Stills
  12. Educational and Industrial Films
  13. Reference Material
  14. Office Files and Data Backups
  15. Nick Stiliadis’ Personal Films
    The first series, Distribution – AV Deliverables represents the audio-visual elements of Cinemavault’s distribution catalog, and includes audio-visual elements received from producers and filmmakers for distribution purposes, as well as materials from the SC Entertainment back catalog. These materials include camera originals, raw footage, raw audio, final audio mixes, and release prints. These materials were received on a wide variety of formats, but 16mm and 35mm moving image and magnetic audio film predominate.
    The second series, Distribution – Master Tape Library represents Cinemavault’s library of distribution titles mastered to video tape. Some tapes are labeled with an identifier originated by the creator, which has been indicated in the description. There are a wide variety of tape formats within this series, with Digital Betacam predominating.
    The third series, Distribution – Trailers, Logos, EPKs and Shorts includes audio-visual elements received from producers and filmmakers for distribution purposes, including film trailers, company logos on film and video, electronic press kits, and promotional film shorts. Most of this material is on video cassette.
    The fourth series, Distribution – Commercial DVDs and VHS includes commercial copies of Cinemavault’s library of distribution titles on DVD and VHS. This series includes North American English and French versions, as well as international and foreign language versions of Cinemavault titles.
    The fifth series, Distribution – Deliverable Documents includes records received from producers and filmmakers for distribution purposes. It also includes production files related to the SC Entertainment back catalog. Textual materials predominate in this series, which includes distribution deal memos and contracts, chain of title documents, copyright and clearance documents, copies of crew agreements and other film production-related documents, music licenses, MPAA film rating certificates, Errors and Omissions insurance certificates, lab access letters, head and tail credits and credit obligations statements, billing blocks, and scripts. There are also some press and publicity-related items in this series, including promotional one-sheets, production stills, and slide kits.
    Please note that this series contains personally identifying information found in crew deal memos, including crew names, addresses, birth dates, telephone numbers, social security and social insurance numbers, therefore, due to privacy concerns, those records are restricted.
    The sixth series, Distribution – Business and Legal Affairs Files includes business and legal affairs records related to the international distribution of Cinemavault’s catalog of titles. These include lists of sales territories by individual international distributor, distribution and assignment agreements, distribution deal memos, sales reports, development agreements, various other contracts, and correspondence.
    The seventh series, Distribution – Theatrical Releases includes records related to the Canadian theatrical releases of a limited number of Cinemvault titles. This includes film distribution agreements, box office and sales reports, publicity and marketing materials and strategies, and distribution licenses.
    The eighth series, Distribution – Films Festivals and Markets consists of records related to attending and taking part in film festivals and international sales markets. This series includes festival programs, catalogues and guidebooks, as well as general textual records related to film festivals such as entry forms, screening invite lists, press clippings, and correspondence.
    The ninth series, Press and Publicity Materials includes general files pertaining to press and publicity efforts undertaken at festivals and international sales markets, as well as press kits for individual titles within Cinemavault’s distribution catalog. Materials in this series include press clippings, film reviews, film synopses, cast and crew bios, production stills, promotional postcards and flyers, as well as key art for each title. There is also a small number of video recordings of televised publicity efforts pertaining to a few SC Entertainment titles.
    The tenth series, Promotional Materials consists of promotional posters, carboard standees, flyers, promotional one-sheets, and postcards related to Cinemavault’s distribution catalog titles. There are also a small number of product reels and promos on DVD.
    The eleventh series, Key Art & Stills consists of a library of key promotional artwork and stills related to Cinemavault’s catalog of distribution titles. This includes key art samples and proofs, sample printouts of key art originally contained in reference binders, promotional art and stills received on data disc, and sample VHS and DVD artwork.
    The twelfth series, Educational and Industrial Films represents early titles written and produced by Nicholas Stiliadis and SC Entertainment. These films were not made for theatrical release and instead were aimed at the educational market. They center on themes of health, wellness, self-esteem, and skill-building. This series consists of the films themselves, as well as some marketing materials related to the films such as posters, sell-sheets, and activity workbooks.
    The thirteenth series, Reference Material consists of various film and television industry reference guides and catalogues, as well as various trade publications. It also consists of web clippings from the Internet Movie Database, pertaining to various Cinemavault titles.
    The fourteenth series, Office Files and Data Backups consists of various Cinemavault staff member computer and email account backups, as well as office database backups on data disc.
    The fifteenth series, Nick Stiliadis’ Personal Films consists of various audio-visual material belonging to CEO Nicholas Stiliadis, including some commercial work, as well as student films from his time at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).
    This fonds includes textual and audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
    • 16 to Life
    • 1-900
    • 2 By 4
    • 2001: A Space Travesty
    • 24 Hour Woman, The
    • 30 Days (aka Cross the Line aka Full Court Press)
    • 4 Jacks (aka Four Jacks)
    • A Beautiful Secret
    • A Fool and His Money
    • A Previous Engagement
    • A Tale of a Naughty Girl
    • A Touch of Spice
    • Adrenaline Drive
    • Afrika Unite (aka Africa Unite)
    • Aging of North America, The
    • Alarm
    • Alzheimer Case, The
    • And She Was
    • Another Day in Paradise
    • Apart
    • Art Killer (aka Still Life, aka A.K.)
    • Artefacts
    • At the End of the Day (aka War Games)
    • Atanarjuat (aka Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner)
    • Bad Money
    • Ballad of Sexual Dependency (aka Sexual Dependency aka Dependica Sexual)
    • Ballad of the Nightingale
    • Barber, The
    • Beyond Retirement
    • Big Slice, The
    • Blackout, The
    • Blind Date (original)
    • Blind Date (remake)
    • Blood Relations
    • Blue Blood
    • Boca
    • Brand New World
    • Breakout
    • Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (aka The Bumblebee Flies Away)
    • Canvas
    • Capital Punishment
    • Career Planning
    • Caribe
    • Carolina
    • Central Park Story (aka Harlem Aria)
    • Channel 1 (aka True Rights)
    • Chatham (aka Golden Boys)
    • Cherish
    • Cinderella (aka Cinderella 3D)
    • Circle, The
    • City of the Dead
    • Clandestine Marriage
    • Clash
    • Cognac (aka Secret Ingredient)
    • Collector, The
    • Comfortably Numb
    • Coney Island Baby
    • Confessions of a Superhero
    • Copper Mountain
    • Cornered
    • Crazy Horse (aka Friends, Lovers & Lunatics aka Fous a Lier)
    • Crime Guys (aka Shark Skin 6)
    • Crooked Lines
    • Crop, The
    • Crossing (aka Dress to Kill)
    • Dangerous People (aka Les Dangereux)
    • Dark Blood
    • Dark Descent
    • Dark Rising 2
    • Dark Warrior
    • Dead Meat
    • Dead Stop
    • Deadly Attraction
    • Deadly Engagement
    • Deception
    • Delivery
    • Depraved, The
    • Diamond Cut Diamond
    • Dinosaur Hunter, The
    • Disturbed, The
    • Dixie Lanes (aka Relative Secrets aka La Guerre en Famille)
    • Dominic's Castle
    • Donkey
    • Dope
    • Dragon Fighter
    • Duska
    • Dust
    • Edelweiss Pirates (aka Eidelweiss Piraten)
    • Employee Fitness: Fact or Fantasy
    • Equinox
    • Erik (aka One Man Out)
    • Eve
    • Exit 67 (aka Sortie 67, aka Gangsterland)
    • Expecting Mercy
    • Exposure
    • Extreme Days
    • Family Flaw
    • Fat Head
    • Fight Night (aka Rigged)
    • Finding Lenny (aka Les Deux Sont Tombes Sur le Foot)
    • Firecracker
    • First Saturday in May, The
    • Follow Me Outside
    • For the Bible Tells Me So
    • Foreign Bodies
    • Framed
    • Frogs for Snakes
    • From Within
    • Galaxies are Colliding (aka Galaxies, aka Planet of Love)
    • Gangster Exchange
    • Gas Hole
    • Getting to Know You
    • Girl in 3D
    • Gladiator 2000
    • Gladiator Cop (aka The Swordsman II)
    • Global Heresy (aka Rock My World)
    • Going Back
    • Gold Medal Years, The
    • Gospel of John
    • Graveyard Shift
    • Gruesome (aka Savage)
    • One Day Remains
    • Hammer, The
    • Harrison Montgomery
    • Health Fitness Professionals, The (aka Health Fitness Pro)
    • Heart Disease
    • Heist, The
    • Hell Cab (aka Hellcab)
    • Hidden, The
    • Hide & Seek
    • High Adventure
    • Hochelaga
    • Hockey Mom
    • Home
    • Hope & A Little Sugar
    • Hotshot (aka Coup de Verité)
    • How Streetproof Are You? (aka Street Proofing)
    • How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
    • I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
    • I.O.U.S.A
    • Ignition
    • Incredible Mrs. Ritchie, The
    • Innocence
    • Inside (aka Histoire de Pen)
    • Interceptor Force
    • Interview (remake)
    • Into the Fire (aka The Legend of Wolf Lodge)
    • Julie Johnson
    • Kevin of the North (aka Chilly Dogs)
    • Kids World
    • Kill Me Tomorrow
    • Kinta
    • Komodo
    • LA Run
    • Lady of the Lake
    • Last Lovecraft, The
    • Last Night at Eddie's
    • Last Rites
    • Late Last Night
    • Lawman (aka The Mountie)
    • Leaving Barstow
    • Legionnaire
    • Level, The
    • Lifestyle Workout
    • Like Water
    • Limit, The (aka Gone Dark)
    • Listening, The
    • Loins of Punjab
    • Loons, The
    • Lost Lake
    • Lost Things
    • Love & Savagery
    • Love Thy Neighbor
    • Love.com
    • Lovely, Still
    • Low Down, The
    • Luck of the Draw
    • Lymelife
    • Made in Jamaica
    • Making It Young (aka Makin' It Young)
    • Making of Films, The
    • Mallory Effect, The
    • Marcus
    • Mario's Wedding (aka The Undertaker's Wedding)
    • Meet the Deedles
    • Merchant(s) of War
    • Midnight Clear
    • Mile Zero
    • Mirage Man (aka Mirageman)
    • Murder One
    • Murder Set Pieces
    • Must Love Death
    • My Dog Tulip
    • Newsmakers (aka News Makers)
    • No One Can Hear You
    • Nothing Man, The
    • Offscreen (aka Off Screen)
    • Office Party (aka Hostile Takeover)
    • Once in the Life
    • Orient Express (aka Death, Deceit & Destiny on the Orient Express)
    • Outcast, The
    • Outsourced
    • Paris
    • Parsley Days
    • Paul Shore is Dead
    • Payback
    • Perfect Happiness
    • Perfect Lover (aka The Woman Every Man Wants)
    • Picking Up the Pieces
    • Pink Chiquitas, The
    • Plan Bart
    • Plato's Breaking Point
    • Poker Run
    • Primal Instinct
    • Productivity and Performance by Alex K.
    • Psycho Beach Party
    • Puck Hogs, The
    • Puffy Chair, The
    • Pump Up the Volume
    • Quantum Hoops
    • Queen's Messenger, The
    • Reason for Living
    • Red Blooded American Girl (aka Red Blooded)
    • Red Blooded American Girl 2 (aka Red Blooded II)
    • Red Hot
    • Return to Hansala
    • Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, The
    • Ringmaster
    • Ripper (aka Ripper, Letter from Hell, aka Letter from Hell)
    • Road Rage
    • Rockaway
    • Savage Messiah
    • Savage Tales (of Summervale)
    • Scar (aka Scar 3D)
    • Sea Wolf
    • Search for Intimacy, The
    • Seven of Daran, The
    • Sex, Dogz & Rock N Roll
    • Sexiest Animal, The
    • Shattered
    • She Who Must Be Obeyed (aka She)
    • Shergar
    • Side by Side
    • Silence of Fear, The
    • Silent Partner, The
    • Silver Man
    • Silver Wolf
    • Sister Blue
    • Slow Burn
    • So Goes the Nation
    • South Beach Dreams
    • Spinning Into Butter
    • Spirit Trap
    • State of Emergency
    • Steal a Pencil For Me
    • Stepping Razor - Red X (aka Stepping Razor)
    • Stoneraft, The
    • Stranded
    • Strange Culture
    • Strangeland (aka Dee Snider's Strangeland)
    • Survivors of the Titanic
    • Susan's Plan
    • Suspect
    • Tale of the Dog
    • Teknolust
    • Terror Island
    • Terror Lodge (aka Tryst)
    • That's Entertainment
    • The Body Ages, The
    • Thirsting, The
    • Thirteenth Sign, The
    • This Filthy World
    • Thou Gilds't the Even
    • Threads
    • Three
    • Ticking Man, The
    • To Kill a Killer
    • Tom White
    • Touch and Go
    • Trail of Passion
    • Travelling Trio, The
    • Twilight Time
    • Under the Influence
    • Understanding Adolescence
    • Used Parts (aka Partes Usadas)
    • Vita Cane (aka Johnny Nitrate)
    • Vivid (aka Luscious: The Art of Eroticism)
    • Wannabes, The
    • Water Under the Bridge
    • Wellness in the Workplace
    • West of Here
    • When Brendan Met Trudy
    • When Harry Tries to Marry
    • Where God Left His Shoes
    • White Heat (aka Blow Torch)
    • Willful
    • Wind Man
    • You Can Count on Me
    • Youth Stress
    • Zemanovaload
    • Zombie King
    This fonds includes textual material relating to the following film productions:
    • 3D Chef
    • A Taxing Woman
    • Ballistic
    • Blind Justice
    • Blood Rising
    • Bloodlust
    • Brasserie Romantek
    • Capture
    • Chained Vengeance
    • Citizen Marc
    • Corner Shop
    • Corridor, The
    • Crash Fans
    • Cries of Innocence
    • Crypt
    • Dakota
    • Dark
    • Dark Secrets
    • Dark Side
    • Dark Waters
    • Daybreak
    • Dead End
    • Dead on the Beach
    • Deep Core 2000
    • Dirty Minds
    • Distanz
    • Flying High
    • Forbidden Rage
    • Freak City
    • Freeway
    • Friends & Lovers
    • Geld
    • Girl Camp
    • Heartland
    • Illtown
    • In Search of Alexander
    • In the Flesh
    • Killer
    • Killing Moon
    • Interview (original)
    • Last Call
    • Layin' Low
    • Legionnaire 2
    • Lockout
    • Lost Lullaby
    • Lost Valley, The
    • Meffi
    • Minus Man, The
    • Moment, The
    • Movie Entertainment
    • My Brother the Pig
    • Niagara, Niagara
    • Once in a Lifetime
    • One
    • One Day Removals
    • Peaches
    • Pythons 2
    • Recreator
    • Red Robin
    • Rub & Tug
    • Sentenced to Death
    • She Likes Me
    • She's My Baby
    • Sinners Need Company
    • Skills Like This
    • Spreading Ground, The
    • Strange Creature
    • Sumuru
    • Suriyothai
    • Sweet Angel Mine
    • Tangerines
    • Te Amo Ana Elisa (aka I Love You Ana Elisa)
    • Tears at Dawn
    • The Colour of the Chameleon
    • Truck
    • Vir (aka Whirlpool)
    • Water Damage
    • When
    • Who Do You Love
    • Wicked Minds
    • XL
    • Young Alexander
    This fonds includes audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
    • 3 Ninjas et L'invention du Siecle
    • 48 Weeks Later
    • A Time for Drunken Horses
    • Always, But Not Forever
    • Antibody
    • As It Is In Heaven
    • At Sundance
    • Baby Blue
    • Baby Fever
    • Banged Up
    • Barenaked in America
    • Best Friends Forever
    • Blue Hour, The
    • Body & Earth
    • Bollywood Idol
    • Boy Ages, The
    • Braineater
    • Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker, The
    • Can She Bake a Cherry Pie
    • Candy Rush
    • Car Hole
    • Charley
    • Christmas Evil
    • Coach Lenny
    • Colpo Grasse
    • Cool
    • Crazy World
    • Croupier
    • Dark Rising
    • Day I Became a Woman, The
    • Daylight
    • Dead
    • Dead Leaves
    • Dead Time
    • Deep Cove
    • Deep Force
    • déjà vu
    • De Pijnbank
    • Drunks
    • Edge of Darkness
    • een dagje narr Let Stand
    • End of an Empire: Making of Red Hot
    • Epoch Evolution
    • Escape Under Pressure
    • Eureka
    • Extraordinary Egg, The (aka Eggs Please)
    • Eye of Silence, The
    • Family Man
    • Fighting Tiger
    • Fin de Siecle
    • Fitness Formula
    • Four Dragons
    • Fraternity, The
    • Free Tibet
    • Furida Omicida
    • G2 (aka G-2, aka G2: Time Warrior aka Time Warrior)
    • Garmento
    • Genius: Life of a Drug Dealer
    • Get Going
    • Good Rockin' Tonight
    • Guard Dog
    • Hit and Run
    • Hot Blooded
    • How to Make a Stone Raft
    • Human Resources
    • Hypersonic
    • I Went Down
    • If I Didn't Care
    • Interceptor
    • Interceptor Force 2 (aka Alpha Force)
    • Judy Berlin
    • Landspeed
    • Last Lullaby, The
    • Last Resort
    • Last Summer in the Hamptons
    • Lilith
    • Loos
    • Lost Voyage
    • Love
    • Loving Jezebel
    • Luger
    • Mad Cows and Zombies
    • Making of the Circle
    • Many Secrets of the Universe
    • Maximum Velocity
    • Memory of a Killer
    • Middle of Nowhere
    • Music For Film
    • New Alcatraz
    • New Interceptor Force
    • New Joy of Sex
    • Non-Stop
    • Orphans
    • Patriot, The
    • Pig
    • Python
    • Raindrops
    • Ranch Trap
    • Rapid Exchange
    • Rough Shot
    • Run for Your Life
    • Salvage
    • Saves
    • Season's Beatings!
    • Shark Hunter
    • Skills Training
    • Someone to Love
    • Somewhere Tonight
    • South Paw
    • Stress Management
    • Such a Long Journey
    • Sure Hand of God
    • Survival of the Fittest
    • Survival Island
    • Swordsman, The
    • Tevgnaar Oegstgeest
    • Titanic Town
    • Too Much Sleep
    • Treasure Island
    • Trucker
    • Under Heavy Fire
    • Vals Licht
    • What I Like About You
    • Why We Love
    • Woundings
    • Yesterday

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Cylla von Tiedemann Fonds

  • Accession
  • 1981-2009, 2019

The Cylla von Tiedemann Fonds is separated under series based on her works with various institutions:
Series 1 – 14
Series 1: Press Media Material
Series 2: National Ballet commissions
Series 3: Stratford Commissions
Series 4: Tale of a Mask
Series 5: India; 1998-2000
Series 6: Cambodia Margie Gillis
Series 7: Dance Company
Series 8: Rhombus Media
Series 9: Tarragon Theatre
Series 10: Toronto Dance Theatre
Series 11: Personal Earlier Negatives
Series 12: National Ballet Yearbook
Series 13: Early Photography

Series 1: Press Materials

The first series contains the collection of press materials that Von Tiedemann accumulated throughout her career, that her work was featured in. Her works have been featured in magazines such as the National Ballet of Canada magazines seasons and in programs and pamphlets (in English and French) such as the Ballet of British Columbia, Stratford Festivals, Danse-Cité and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. The Press Materials also includes her very own exhibition cards and invites. Lastly are the press clippings from Globe and Mail, and other newspaper publications.

Series 2: National Ballet commissions

Cylla von Tiedemann had many partnerships and collaborations with the Canada’s National Ballet, and this series features much of her work. The National Ballet of Canada was founded in 1951 with the goal of presenting the best of classical and contemporary ballet. Today the company is among the world’s finest, and Von Tiedemann has been involved in many of the earlier production photography portraits and stills. Within the collections contains commissions labeled and separated by job titles or Von Tiedemann’s original category labels. Various National Ballet negatives taken by Von Tiedemann includes productions from Married Widow, Les Sulphides-the four temperaments-elite synocopatrows, Arabian Nights, and Nutcracker. The series contains mostly negatives and black and white contact sheets of dancer performances and portraits. The second series is separated into three subseries from National Ballet commission and the second is the National Ballet Portraits (1990-1995), and lastly is the National Ballet Yearbook (1992-1995) various negatives of dancers performing on stage and some portraits of dancers.

Series 3: Stratford Commissions

Cylla von Tiedemann is renown for her performance photography, and she has done much at the Stratford Festival. In brief, the Stratford festival began when the railway industry pulled out of Stratford in the early 1950s, and journalist Tom Patterson had an idea for breathing new life into his native city’s economy: a festival of Shakespearean theatre. They did not have a venue, only a tent. From there it grew and is now the company has many venues and has a state-of-the-art technical systems and equipment, the theatre is a space in which the Festival and artists from across Canada can imagine and create. Within the collection the jobs are separated by titles and Von Tiedemann’s original category labels. Similar to the National Ballet series, most of the works are negatives with black and white contact sheet and prints. Plays and performances includes Equus the setup photos, Oedipis rex, and Filumere-on the run negatives, Richard III, Death of a Salesman, Romeo & Juliet, and more. There are also negatives from special events that includes a visit from the Queen. Cylla von Tidemann’s work has been used on Stratford’s website and in their seasonal programs.

Series 4: Tale of a Mask

In this series, it contains the screenplays and drafts of Terry Watada’s work. The titled play is on fiction retelling of immigration and crimes in Canada, focusing on a first-generation Japanese immigration family. Terry Watada is a Toronto writer with many productions and publications to his credit. His publications include Light at a Window (manga, HpF Press and the Greater Toronto National Association of Japanese Canadians 2015), and other works in poetry. Just like the focus of Tale of a Mask, his works primarily focuses on the Japanese Canadian history and their experience in Canada.

Series 5: India

This series features Von Tiedemann’s personal and work-related work on her trip in India. Also included in the series is the Peter Chan’s visit to India and Indonesia, and mostly slides of Lata Pada, founder, and artistic director of Sampradaya Dance Creations.

Series 6: Cambodia Margie Gillis

Includes mainly DVD-R data disks and videos of MiniDVD. The collection shows various clips and cuts from her travels and work in Cambodia, Norway, St John, and Vancouver. People included in the tapes are Margie Gillis, Martha, Holly Hocks, and Peter Chin. Lastly, it includes settings in Martha’s Vineyard and Cloud Piece and Wood dance Margie Robin in Wasser.

Series 7: Dance Company

The series includes commissions and works from various dance companies in Canada. Companies and works includes Denise Fujiwara’s Fujiwara Dance Inventions. Fujiawa is one of the founders of T.I.D.E. (Toronto Independent Dance Enterprise) and negatives of her dances are in this series. In 1991 she formed her own company, Fujiwara Dance Inventions, to house the development of her solo projects. The next company is Claude Moore. Claude’s Moonhorse Dance Company was founded in 1996 which specifically celebrates the work of senior dance artists, continues to develop meaningful relationships and programming that serve to connect senior dance artists and the public. This series includes her work in Children’s Dance and Subway-shot, portraits, mode test and wedding shots.
The third is the Canadian Stage company, founded by Dora Mavor Moore in 1938 first called the Village Players. Today Canadian Stage is one of Canada’s leading contemporary performing arts organizations. In the collection Von Tiedemann photograph their production on Midsummer nights dream, Les Belles Soeurs, and the Beauty Queen of Leename.
Lastly, are the job-related photography shots for Canadian Broadcast Corporation also known as the CBC. Production shots from the House of Martin Guerre, Hard Hearts, and dancers Jan Oddie and Maggie Gill.

Series 8: Rhombus Media

Rhombus Media is a Toronto-based production company and has produced a number of theatrical feature films, TV drama, documentaries and performing arts programmes the over the past 44 years. The collection includes works that Cylla von Tidemann took under Rhombus Media. Most of the formats are negatives of Sheena MacDonald Portrait, director shot, and headshots of Barbara Sweet.

Series 9: Tarragon Theatre

The ninth series is based on Cylla’s work with the Tarragon Theatre. The Tarragon Theatre is one of Canada’s main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country. The theatre was founded by Bill and Jane Glassco in 1970. The series contains mostly negatives and prints of various performers. Including production shots of King Fisher Days headshots, and Little Mercy’s fist murder. This also includes various headshots, and an email correspondence from Kirk Thomson to von Tiedemann on the prints.

Series 10: Toronto Dance Theatre

The Tenth series includes the negatives and prints of various dancers from the Toronto Dance Theatre. The Toronto Dance Theatre was founded in 1968 by dancer and choreographers Peter Randazzo, Patricia Beatty, and David Earle. The company quickly became popular with their charismatic dancers and a repertoire of original work created in collaboration with Canadian composers and designers. The series also contains work from NY Times and from Christopher House.

Series 11: Personal Earlier Negatives

The eleventh series contains the personal and earlier works of Von Tiedemann. Most of the formats in the collections are negatives and a few black and white prints of various dancers, actors and landscapes from her work and personal travels. People in these sections includes Yseult & Robert, Nicholas & Graeme, Graham McKelvie, Maxine Heppner, Margie Gillis, Marie Josée Chartier, and Eryn Trudell. As noted in the finding aid, many of the performers in the series shows nudity. Travels includes Indonesia, Italy, South France, and Vancouver. Production companies also included in the series are Mirvish Production, ARMS, Deaf Planet show, Destination foundation, and Nightwood Theatre.

Series 12: Early Photography
This series spans the years of the late 1980s to early 1990s. It contains the early photography of Von Tiedemann, which includes dancers, performers, personal peers, and trips. Mainly includes works on portraits and photo shots for Danny Grossman. Danny Grossman is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and activist. His performance in the series are Devine Air, Age of Darkness, Memento Mori, Ces Plaisirs and more. He created the Danny Grossman Dance Company which produced his political dances James Harcourt, San Miguel de Alleude, Roshar-show, David Arthur, and others.

Series 13: Miscellaneous

The Miscellaneous section includes a variety of CDs that contain her collection of digital files. The disks contains the digital version of her photographs, which includes her commissions for dancers and performers. They also contain the commissions from Koresh Dance Company, Dance Boom festival, and Dance Advance; productions such as Touching Wild Horses, Child star, and the Producers.

Cylla von Tiedemann

2016 acquisition

The material present in this acquisition reflects more of the latter half of Curran’s career. Many stages of the music creation processes are present, with textual material reflecting the legal side, while the audio material reflects the recording side. Textual and photographic material capture life on tour, and material related to music videos is found in video material. This acquisition is divided into seven series by format:
Series 01: Audio
Series 02: Textual
Series 03: Photographic
Series 04: Graphic
Series 05: Ephemera
Series 06: Video
Series 07: Electronic Records

Curran, Andy

2018 acquisition

A large portion of the collection focuses on her work with NOW Magazine, specifically “Talk Toronto”. Many of her other published articles are collected here, as well as Festival of Festivals programs, and art show and club posters.

This acquisition is divided into 22 series:
Series 01: Close Up
Series 02: Correspondence
Series 03: Daily TIFF Festival
Series 04: Events & Invites
Series 05: Flare
Series 06: Freelance
Series 07: Graffiti
Series 08: Images
Series 09: Inkwell
Series 10: Limelight
Series 11: Maclean's
Series 12: Metropolis
Series 13: Miscellaneous
Series 14: Network
Series 15: Now Magazine
Series 16: Posters
Series 17: Press Release
Series 18: Programs
Series 19: Toronto International Film Festival
Series 20: Toronto Life
Series 21: Writing Draft
Series 22: Zoomer

Levine, Rosie

2017 acquisition

The collection is made up of both audio/visual elements and textual. The majority of the audio visual portion of the collection is consumer tapes/disc and screening dubs of the films shown at the festival. Other files include press kits for select films. Series 7 is comprised of audio cassette recordings of festival workshops, titled “Independent Filmmaking”. The textual material offers a detailed look at how the festival operated, with application forms, tracking forms, correspondence, film promotional materials, actor resumes, expense sheets, booking venue information, workshop summaries and panelist information, grant writing, festival lists, and a wealth of other textual material. The last series is a collection of mostly festival posters.
The collection is divided up into 10 series:

Series 01: VHS Tapes
Series 02: Betacam Tapes
Series 03: Digital Betacam Tapes
Series 04: Betacam SP Tapes
Series 05: MiniDV Tapes
Series 06: DVDs
Series 07: CDs
Series 08: Cassette Tapes
Series 09: Festival Files
Series 10: Posters

World of Comedy Film Festival

2017 acquisition

The collection is comprised of audio recordings of Troiano’s work, and video recordings of programs he worked on, interviews, or performances. The material reflects moments from across his career, from when he began creating the ‘Toronto Sound’ with the Mandalas, to later in his life when he became a producer.

Troiano, Domenic

2016 accrual

The Ian Thornley 2016 accession includes many unique textual records. Present in the collection are record agreements, press clippings, and many notes relating to his and Big Wreck’s many tours. There are also invoices and news reports. Many raw, rough mixes, and unmastered audio recordings of Big Wreck’s music is present as are recordings from Thornley himself. Moving image elements are present, capturing live performances and interviews of the band and Thornley. There is also a significant amount of photography documenting Thornley during his career.

Thornley, Ian

2018.019 acquisition

The collection consists of material created during and for Thompson’s career. The material reflects his professional skills, can capture stages from across his time on radio and as a sound producer. Material from 104.5 CHUM, 1050 CHUM, audio recordings from various Juno Awards, audio from interviews with celebrities, CHUM Chart pamphlets, audio recordings of CHUM DJs announcing community events, CHUM jingles, Audio recordings of the program Evolution of Rock, commercial work, video DVD’s of HiFi Salutes, audio for the Music Express Radio Show, the Rock Express Show, Rock 30, and The Producers. The material is in a variety of formats including vinyl records, ¼” audio reels, CDs and other formats.

Thompson, Doug

Paragon Entertainment

  • CA ON00349 2018.005
  • Fonds

The acquisition is broken into the following 30 series:
Series 01. Alien's First Christmas; Aliens Next Door [1991]

Series 02. Alfred Hitchcock Presents [1986 – 1987]

Series 03. Beyond Reality, [1990 – 1996]
2 seasons (20 + 24 episodes)
A science-fiction television program, following two scientists as they investigate the paranormal found in other people’s daily lives.
1994 Winner, Gemini Awards, Best Original Music Score for a Series
1992 Winner, Motion Picture Sound Editors-Golden Reel, Best Sound Editing - Television Episodic - Dialogue & ADR
1993 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Direction in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
1993 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Original Music Score for a Series
1994 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Dramatic Series
1994 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
1994 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

Series 04. The Blob Family [1989]

Series 05. C’mon Geese [1989, 2000]
A short documentary on William (Bill) Lishman, the artist and aviator. Lishman is most known for his work with Canadian Geese and their migration to the south. The documentary is created with footage of geese in flight filmed by Lishman as he attempts to teach the gees to fly behind his small aircraft. This film has been awards several awards.
Winner, Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival
Winner, Gold Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival
Winner, Grand Prize of Festival , Free Flight Film Festival

Series 06. Deke Wilson's Mini-Mysteries [1990 – 1994]
1 season (13 episodes)
Deke Wilson, a hip teen, solves mysteries while also balancing the troubles of daily life.

Series 07. Destination X [1995 – 1998]

Series 08. Dog House [1987 – 1993, 1996 – 2000]
1 season (26 episodes)
The story follows a boy and his dog as they solve crimes. The dog, by cause of a car accident, has the mind of a police detective, and is thus also able to communicate with the boy. A children’s comedy show that deals with both fun crime solving and common family issues.

Series 09. Freaky Stories [1995]

Series 10. Frequent Flyer [1993 – 1997]
Made for TV-movie about a pilot that is cheating on three women, each believing they are his only romantic partner and all living in different cities. The story unfolds as each woman becomes suspicious of their pilot lover and begin to follow him as he continues to live his triple life.

Series 11. Full Cycle

Series 12. Guerilla Gardener [1997 – 2011]

Series 13. Hamilton’s Quest [1986 – 1998]
1 season (10 episodes)
The story of a man who discovers he is not the biological son of his parents who have just passed away. In a mean to help cope, he begins a journey to find his biological mother and father.

Series 14. Happy Birthday Bunnykins [1993 - 1995]
TV movie
Based on the characters from the Royal Doulton fine china collection. An animated cartoon of one little rabbit’s hope for his Birthday celebrations.

Series 15. Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin, [1988 – 1991, 1999, 2003]
TV Movie
As Jerry Levin, CNN reporter, is captured in Beirut, his wife Sis Levin works with the State Department for his release. Based on a true story.

Series 16. High Country

Series 17. Improper Channels [1979 – 1984, 1995, 2002 – 2003]
Movie
After a car accident, Jeff Martley and his estranged wife Diana loose custody of their daughter. The movie follows their attempts to get their daughter back. A comedy-drama.
1982 Winner, Genie Awards, Best Performance by a Foreign Actor
1982 Nominee, Genie Awards, Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
1982 Nominee, Genie Awards, Best Screenplay, Original
1982 Nominee, Genie Awards, Best Achievement in Art Direction

Series 18. Johann's Gift to Christmas [1991, 1998 – 2001]
TV Christmas Special
A children’s Christmas about a mouse who helps a few clergy men by composing a Christmas song.

Series 19. Kissinger & Nixon [1993 – 1997, 2002, 2005]
TV Movie
Based on the book Kissinger: A Biography(1992) by Walter Isaacson. The film follows Kissinger as he attempts to end the Vietnam crisis while Nixon focuses on the upcoming election.
1996 Winner, Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special
1996 Nominee, Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
1996 Nominee, Directors Guild of America Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials
1996 Nominee, PGA Awards, Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
1997 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program
1997 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program
1997 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Writing in a Dramatic Program
1997 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Original Music Score for a Program
1997 Nominee, Writers Guild of America, Adapted Long Form

Series 20. The Little Crooked Christmas Tree [1991, 1995, 2000]
TV Christmas Special
Based on the children’s picture book of the same name by Michael Cutting.

Series 21. Lives of Girls and Women [1990 – 1997, 2000]
TV Movie
Based on a book of related short stories by Alice Munro. The film follows the life of character Del Jordan in rural Ontario. Del is unsatisfied with her small town life, as is her mother who is very similar, yet Del does not see herself in her.
1995 Winner, Atlantic Film Festival, Audience Award Best Film
1995 Nominee, Banff Television Festival, Best Made-for-TV Movie
1995 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program
1995 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program
1995 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Production Design or Art Direction
1995 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Costume Design

Series 22. Paragon Entertainment [1985 – 1986, 1993, 1998 – 2001]
Corporate records

Series 23. Phillip Marlowe: Private Eye [1984 – 1989, 2002, 2007 – 2010]
2 seasons (5 + 6 episodes)
A mystery show that follows private detective Phillip Marlowe as he solves crimes. Based on the stories by Raymond Chandler.
1983 Winner, CableACE Awards, Lighting in a Dramatic Presentation – Film
1984 Winner, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Best Television Episode
1983 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Actor in a Dramatic Presentation
1983 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Art Direction in a Dramatic Presentation
1983 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Directing a Dramatic Presentation
1983 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Program Series - Dramatic Presentation: 60 Minutes or Less
1983 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Single Program - Dramatic Presentation: 60 Minutes or Less
1983 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Costume Design in a Dramatic Presentation
1986 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Pay TV Drama
1986 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Writing in a Dramatic Program/Series (TV Adaptation)
1986 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
1986 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
1987 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Actress in a Dramatic Series
1987 Nominee, CableACE Awards, Editing a Theatrical Special/Dramatic Special or Series/Movie or Miniseries
1987 Nominee, Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards, Best Cinematography in TV Drama

Series 24. Rapture [1987, 1990 – 1993]
TV Movie
Jeff Lisker is a successful computer programmer that goes back to his home town and tried to strike up a romance with his high school crush Georgianne. Instead, Georgianne is not interested in love but finds his friendship helpful as she mourns her recently murdered husband. Georgianne’s daughter believe Jeff is her father’s murderer and begins to investigate.
1993 Nominee: Gemini Awards, Best TV Movie
1994 Nominee: Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards, Best Cinematography in TV Drama

Series 25. 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns [1990 – 1997, 2000]
TV Movie
After waking up in modern times from suspended animation, Holmes continues to solve mysteries and tackle the descendants of his previous foes.
1994 Nominee, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Best Television Feature or Miniseries

Series 26. Split Images [1991 – 1993]
A rich man goes on a killing spree while having a friend record each murder. Eventually the police catch wind and begin to investigate.
1994 Nominee, Gemini Awards, Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

Series 27. Street Noise [1990 – 1993, 1997, 1999 - 2000]

Series 28. Tourist Trap [1990 – 1997, 2003, 2006]

Series 29. Tracks of Glory [1991 – 1999]
TV mini series
Based on the book Major Taylor Down Under by Jim Fitzpatrick. Set in the early 1900s, the story focuses on cyclist Major Taylor and his Australian rival Don Walker.
1993 Winner, Logie Awards, Most Popular Miniseries/Telemovie

Series 30. A Tribute to Sam Kinison [1994, 1996]

Paragon Entertainment

Richard Story Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2019.018
  • Fonds
  • 1964 – 2014, predominant 1979 - 2010

This fonds consists of 16 series, divided by production, format, and project, based on Story’s original division and organisation of files. The series are as follows:

1.“Some Letters to a Young Poet Feature Film”
2.“Echo Lake Feature Film”
3.“Palace short film”

  1. “The Time Traveler TV Movie”
  2. “Works in Development”
  3. “The Chair short film”
  4. “Duke Redbird short film”
  5. “Elusive short film”
  6. “Canadian Aboriginal Archive Project”
  7. “Writing Projects”
  8. “European Mime Tour 1990”
  9. “Personal Calendars 1986 – 2011”
  10. “Teaching Materials”
  11. “Personal Files”
  12. “Book Collection”
  13. “Indigenous Collection”.

The first series, “Some Letters to a Young Poet Feature Film”, includes story research notes, script drafts, art design research, shooting script, production stills, audio cassettes, raw footage, ¾ inch U-Matic video cassettes, Betacam SP video cassettes, VHS cassettes, casting tapes, original music recordings, handwritten tape-logs, EDLs, director’s notes, production journal, promotional materials, photographic prints and negatives, print press kits, press clippings and memorabilia related to the production of the feature film.

The second series, “Echo Lake Feature Film”, includes research notes, script drafts, shooting script with hand-written notes, art design research, location scout VHS cassettes, casting VHS cassettes, raw footage, MiniDV video cassettes, Betacam SP master video cassette, correspondences, pre-licences, financing agreements, production stills, select props, original music CD, handwritten tape-logs, director’s notes, screener VHS cassettes, production journal, DVD data discs, photographic prints and negatives, print press kits, and press clippings related to the production of the feature film.

The third series, “Palace short film”, includes script drafts in short film and feature-length formats, research notes, production stills, JPEG digital files and photographic prints, funding application, shooting script, shot lists, credits, cast correspondences, film festival programmes, DVD data discs, Mini DV video cassettes, audio CD, and one external hard drive, relating to the production of the short film.

The fourth series, “The Time Traveler TV Movie”, includes story research notes, script drafts, shooting script, art design research, casting material, development agreement, series bible, casting VHS cassettes, six first draft episodic scripts, production stills, camera reports, production notes, raw footage, handwritten tape-logs, director’s notes, production journal, mini DV video cassettes, DVD data discs, digital mov files, digital TIFF files, DVD discs, Blu-ray discs, HDCAM video cassettes, Betacam SP video cassettes, internal hard drives, textile wardrobe items, relating to the production of the TV movie.

Note there are two video cassettes (Betcam & HDCAM) in this series which have a Cree audio dub of the pilot episode, as well as versioning notes and a time-coded translation of the script in Cree and English.

The fifth series, “Works in Development”, includes textual materials such as writing notes, research notes, screenplays, beat sheets, grant applications, funding paperwork, development notes for various unproduced works. The series also contains audio-visual materials such as Mini-DV audition tapes, VHS video cassettes, and 3/4 inch U-Matic video cassettes of live comedy shows.

The sixth series, “The Chair short film”, includes textual production materials, digital prints on data CD, rough cuts on VHS video cassette, as well as final edit on DVD-R and mini DV cassette for a short film written by Sally O'Neill, and produced by Richard Story and Sally O’Neill.

The seventh series, “Duke Redbird short film”, includes promotional postcard, DVDs, DVD-R, mini DV and VHS video cassette, featuring rough cuts and final edit of the short documentary.

The eighth series, “Elusive short film”, includes script drafts for the short film and feature formats, casting documents, financing and distribution materials, photographic prints, shooting script, shot lists, VHS video cassettes, Mini DV video cassettes, DVDs, and a 3 ½ inch floppy disk relating to the production of the short film.

The ninth series, “Canadian Aboriginal Archive Project”, includes a soundtrack on audio cassette, interviews with actor Lorne Cardinal, release agreement, funding applications, digital script on 3 ½ inch floppy disk, VHS video cassettes and Mini DV video cassettes relating to the production of the project.

The tenth series, “Writing Projects”, includes textual materials relating to Story’s writing, such as a book proposal, draft, and supporting press materials for Producing & Directing an Independent Digital Movie; a sales kit, notes, correspondences, and finished drafts of The Portable Film School; and a number of 3 ½ inch floppy disks with other works.

The eleventh series, “European Mime Tour 1990”, includes VHS video cassettes, 3/4 inch U-Matic video cassettes, audio cassettes, 33 rpm audio record, photographic prints, as well as ephemera and artifacts from the tour.

The twelfth series, “Personal Calendars 1986 – 2011”, includes hand-written and colour-coded monthly calendars for each year. The calendar for 2008 is not included. Items were digitized by donor, prior to donation. The digital files are not included in this donation.

The thirteenth series, “Teaching Materials”, includes textual materials such as course notes, course descriptions, exam papers, feedback forms, film festival programmes, flipbooks, grant applications and film release press kits used as teaching examples. The series contains 36 VHS video cassettes of commercially released film productions used in the donor’s course curriculums. Photographs and digital prints are included in some of the press kits in the series. Also included are 7 mounted 35mm colour transparencies of production stills from commercially released film titles.

Please note that this series contains confidential information relation to student names, contact info and grades.

The fourteenth series, “Personal Files”, includes materials relating to the donor’s teenage years in Vancouver, and his interest in the punk and skateboarding scenes. The series includes commercial and independent music releases on 33rpm and 45rpm discs, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, skateboarder magazines, newsletters, stickers, club membership cards, flags, and various ephemera. Artifacts include a medal, trophy, ribbons, and rosettes from skateboarding competitions.

The fifteenth series, “Book Collection”, includes a range of published books relating to the donor’s creative influences. Authors represented included Gaston Bachelard, Walter Murch, Friedrich Nietzsche and Andrey Tarkovsky.

The sixteenth series, “Indigenous Collection”, includes materials relating to the donor’s creative work and teaching in the Indigenous and Aboriginal media communities, in Canada and internationally. Textual materials include press clippings, festival brochures, media directories, training leaflets, magazines and publications relating to Indigenous issues. The series also includes commercially released DVDs and CDs from Indigenous artists, and festival tote bags.

This fonds includes textual and audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
• Echo Lake
• Elusive
• Palace
• Some Letters to a Young Poet
• The Chair
• The Time Traveller

This fonds includes textual material relating to the following film productions:
• The Hidden Path
• Z-Virus

This fonds includes audio-visual material relating to the following film productions:
• Duke Redbird

Story, Richard

2017 accrual

The collection consists primarily of audio and video recordings done by McClement of musical acts, interviews, and shows. Artists include Nelly Furtado, Shaggy, Neil Young, Rita MacNeil, Ringo Star, The Tragically Hip, David Bowie, Juno Award shows, and many many others.

There is also a large collection of magazines, including The Rolling Stones (1969-1982), Mix (1980-2011), Professional Sound (1992-2017), Studio Sound (1985-1994), Recording Engineer Producer (1976-1992), Tape Op (2005-2009), Kingston Whig-Standard (1959-2006), Cinema Canada (1982), Canadian Musician (2015-2017), and T.O. Magazine (1984-1988)

McClement, Doug

2017 acquisition

The collection consist of mostly textual material. There is correspondence with CBC management, photographs with world leaders (Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Pierre Trudeau), and documentation for all the summits, conferences, hearings and events he covered and attended over his career. A large portion of the correspondence is from CBC viewers, reflecting what audiences across Canada felt during news worthy events and how CBC and Mansbridge covered them.
This acquisition is divided in the following 14 series:
Series 01: Correspondence
Series 02: Speeches
Series 03: Personal / Professional Files
Series 04: CBC Promotions
Series 05: Research Files
Series 06: Framed Memorabilia
Series 07: Scripts
Series 08: Calendars
Series 09: Photographs
Series 10: Personal Ephemera
Series 11: Personal Keepsakes
Series 12: Clippings
Series 13: Periodicals
Series 14: Scrapbooks

Mansbridge, Peter

2017 acquisition

The Roy Kenner Fonds holds material from across Kenner’s many careers and musical endeavors. His career as a musician and vocalist is represented, with material from the 1960’s to the late 1970’s. Kenner’s voice over work in advertisement and jingles is also well represented. Textual and photographic records capture the many aspects of his life, and include contracts, set lists, promotional photography, notes, and scrapbooks he kept. This acquisition is divided into seventeen series. These series include:
Series 01: Associates
Series 02: Bush
Series 03: Crime World
Series 04: Delphia
Series 05: Honky Tonk
Series 06: Jack Fraser
Series 07: James Gang
Series 08: Law
Series 09: Lisa Dal Bello
Series 10: Mandala
Series 11: Mud
Series 12: Night Heat
Series 13: Roy Kenner
Series 14: The Royals
Series 15: Troiano
Series 16: Unknown
Series 17: Voice over & Advertisement

Kenner, Roy

Peter Feniak Fonds

  • CA ON00349 2019.013
  • Fonds
  • 1964 – 2019

This fonds consists of 11 series, divided by subject matter, production and format, and reflecting Feniaks’s own division and naming of his files. The series are: “Introduction and Overview”, “Early Days Media, Promo Folders, B&W Photographs”, “90 Minutes Live with Peter Gzowski / Canada After Dark", “That's Life Global TV”, “Lifetime CTV”, “Freelance Writer / Broadcaster work”, “Feature Articles”, “Good Times features on celebrated Canadians”, “Books autographed by interview subjects”, “Videotapes from Freelance Work” and “Clippings and Periodicals”.

The first series, “Introduction and Overview”, includes resumes, headshot photographs, correspondence, notes, video cassettes and audio cassettes relating to Feniak’s early work. This series also contains a first edition print of the John Lennon book, A Spaniard in the Works, as well an audio cassette recording of an interview with Ray Manzarek of The Doors recorded in 1996.

The second series, “Early Days Media, Promo Folders, B&W Photographs”, includes notes, press clippings, promotional photographs and publicity materials relating to Feniak’s work for Winnipeg Folk Festival, CBC Winnipeg, and Winnipeg Free Press.

The third series, "90 Minutes Live with Peter Gzowski / Canada After Dark", includes production notes, guest listings, research, and CBC memos relating to the production of 90 Minutes Live with Peter Gzowski and Canada After Dark on CBC. Some items containing personal information may be restricted.

The fourth series, “That's Life Global TV”, includes press kits, promotional photographs, interview notes, and story notes relating to Feniak’s work as a host for That’s Life on Global TV.

The fifth series, "Lifetime CTV", includes video cassettes, DVD-Rs, promotional photographs, tour itineraries, production notes, interview notes, correspondence, continuity prints, and press clippings for Lifetime seasons 1 through 4 on CTV.

The sixth series, “Freelance Writer / Broadcaster work”, includes production notes, story pitches, video cassette demo reels and article press clippings for Feniak’s work as a freelance writer and television host.

The seventh series, “Feature Articles”, includes audio cassettes, video cassettes and newspaper clippings of Feniak’s interviews and features on notable figures in the world of entertainment.

The eighth series, “Good Times features on celebrated Canadians “, includes audio cassettes, mp3 audio, typed articles and Good Times magazine clippings of Feniak’s interviews and features on notable Canadians, such as Leslie Nielsen, Gordon Lightfoot, William Shatner, Jim Cuddy, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Margot Kidder, Silken Laumann, Arlene Dickinson, Colin Mochrie, Rick Mercer, and Dr. David Sazuki.

The ninth series, “Books autographed by interview subjects”, includes hard cover and soft cover books by authors such as Irving Layton, Dr. David Sazuki and Joan Collins. This series also contains a sketchbook by Friz Freleng, with 6 original pen drawings of Looney Toons characters, signed by the artist.

The tenth series, “Videotapes from Freelance Work”, includes video cassettes of Feniak’s work on television programs such as Today’s Parent, Lifetime, and That’s Life, as well as consumer recordings of other television events such as Live Aid and the Juno Awards 1998.

The eleventh series, “Clippings and Periodicals”, includes newspaper clippings, festival programs, and press credentials for Feniak’s freelance journalist and reporting work. This series also contains some promotional buttons and a medal.

This fonds includes textual and audio-visual material relating to the following television productions:
• 90 Minutes Live with Peter Gzowski
• Canada After Dark
• Lifetime
• Live it Up
• That’s Life
• Today’s Parent

This fonds includes textual material relating to articles in the following publications:
• Frank (periodical)
• Globe and Mail (newspaper)
• Good Times (magazine)
• Saturday Night (magazine)
• The City (Toronto Star magazine)
• Toronto (magazine)
• Toronto Star (newspaper)

Feniak, Peter

2014 acquisition

This acquisition is divided into 20 series by format for part of their business. The series are:
Series 01: Photographs
Series 02: Cinefilms
Series 03: Video
Series 04: Audio
Series 05: Daytimes & Desk Calendars
Series 06: Cinewings Ltd.
Series 07: Crone Family Holdings Inc.
Series 08: Crone Films Ltd. Series 9. Life Investors International Ltd.
Series 09: CLOSED
Series 10: Film House Ltd.
Series 11: Cinema Products
Series 12: Steadicam
Series 13: Filmsports
Series 14: Equipment
Series 15: Production Files
Series 16: Personal Files
Series 17: Vi Crone Corporate Projects
Series 18: Personal Development
Series 19: Scrapbooks
Series 20: Graphic

Crone, Robert & Violet

2018 acquisition

This acquisition is divided into seven series:
Series 01: Audio recordings done by Call Dodd. Most recordings are musical covers of songs, or his of his own songs. Some recordings are done with other musicians.
Series 02: Audio recordings and video tapes done with CBC studios for a variety of programs.
Series 03: Material, including video recordings, relating to Dodd's time on the program Circus.
Series 04: Audio and visual recordings done for the many product commercials Dodd has lent his voice to or auditioned for.
Series 05: Musical recordings of the band Déjà Vu, of which Dodd was a member.
Series 06: Audio recordings relating to work done with Canadian journalist, singer, and broadcaster Malka Marom.
Series 07: Video recordings and textual material relating to the Miss Teen Canada pageants, of which Dodd was a host.

Dodd, Cal

2015 acquisition

Collection includes a wide variety of musical genres by Canadian artists, including folk, jazz, rock, heavy metal, electronica, punk, hip-hop, R&B, and country.

Dymock, Laura

2009 acquisition

The collection consists of roughly 20,000 audio disc records, all in 78rpm format. The recordings span predominantly from 1917 to 1942, when the Musician’s strike took effect due to disagreements between musicians and recording companies over royalty payments. Starting July 31st 1942, union musicians could no longer record. This lasted roughly two years, with various recording companies settling with the union at varying points between 1943 and 1944. Healey deliberately collected records from before this important date in musical history. The records are largely Jazz recordings, representative of the first twenty-five years of Jazz music, with Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Dance Band music, entertainment personalities, Swing, and many other genres and sub-genres of the era represented within the collection. Healey started collecting 78s by the time he was ten years old, and by the time of his death in 2008, had amassed roughly 30,000 78s of this kind. Upon his death, many of the more valuable records were sold to collectors from around the world, and thus this collection contains about 20,000 from his original collection. The recordings from this collection were used by Jeff Healey for his first radio show on University of Toronto’s CUIT, and his show on CBC radio, My Kinda Jazz, which also aired on Toronto-based radio station, Jazz.FM91.

The majority of the records are from American record labels, though there are also a fair number from the Compo Company Ltd., based in Lachine, Quebec, and its various offshoots, and some other Canadian companies. There are also some records manufactured in England, France and even Germany, though all are by American recording artists, and often by American record labels with branches abroad.

Based on the period, the majority of the records are likely shellac, not vinyl, but exact materials likely vary by manufacturer. There are also a small number of “flexible” records made from Durium, a patented blend of paper and resin, manufactured during the depression era, as cheaper alternatives to the standard shellac records. The collection also includes a small number of Edison Discs, also referred to as “Diamond Discs”, which are recognized for their distinctive quarter-inch thickness. Most records are unique in the collection, but there are some duplicates.

Prior to his death, Healey began digitizing his collection of records to mp3 format, and inputting information via iTunes. These digital files have not yet been acquired.

APPENDIX A: A Non-exhaustive list of record Labels represented within the collection
 American Records (US)
 Ammor Record Corp (US)
 Apex Records (Canada)
 Arto
 Asch Recording (US)
 Banner records (US)
 Bell Records (US)
 Biltmore (US)
 Blue Ace Records (US)
 Blue Note (US)
 Bluebird (US)
 Broadway Records (US)
 Brunswick (US)
 Bullet (US)
 Cameo Record Corporation (US)
 Capitol (US)
 Cardinal (US)
 Challenge Records (US)
 Champion (US)
 Clarion (US)
 Claxtonola (US)
 Cleartone (US)
 Clover (US)
 Columbia Gramophone Company (UK)
 Columbia Records (US)
 Commodore (US)
 Conqueror (US)
 Coral (US)
 Cosmo (US)
 Crown (Canada)
 D&S
 Davis (US)
 Decatur
 Decca records (UK and US)
 Disque Gramphone (France)
 Diva Records (US)
 Dominion Records (UK)
 Domino records (US)
 Duophone (UK)
 Edison (US)
 Electric Perfect
 Emerson Phonograph Company (US)
 Famous (US)
 Federal (US)
 General (US)
 Gennett (US)
 Globe (US)
 Grey Gull (US)
 Guardsman Records (US)
 Harmony Records (US)
 His Masters Voice (UK)
 Hit of the Week (US)
 Hot Jazz Club of America (US)
 Imperial Records (UK)
 Jazz Man (US)
 Jewel Records (US)
 King (US)
 Liberty Music Shop (US)
 Lincoln Records (US) Lindstrom American Records (US)
 London (UK)
 Lucky (Japan)
 Lucky Strike (Canada)
 Lyric Records (US)
 Madison (US)
 Majestic (US)
 Master (US)
 May-fair (Owned by Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.)(UK)
 Medallion (US)
 Melotone(US)
 Mercury (US)
 MGM (US)
 Microphone (Canada)
 Montgomery Ward (US)
 Muse Phonograph Record (US)
 Musicraft (US)
 Nadsco (US)
 National Music Lover’s Inc. (US)
 Odeon(USA)
 Okeh records (US)
 Olympic (UK)
 Operaphone Co. Inc. (US)
 Oriole Records (US)
 Panachord (UK)
 Paramount (US)
 Parlophone (UK)
 Pathe Records (France)
 Pathe Actuelle (US)
 Perfect Records (US)
 Phantasie
 Philharmonic Records (UK)
 Phonola Company (Canada)
 Publix (US)
 Puritan records (US)
 Puretone (US)
 Qualiton (South Wales)
 Quality (Canada)
 Radiex Records (US)
 RCA Victor (US)
 Regal Records (UK)
 Resona (US)
 Rex (US)
 Rich-Tone (US)
 Romeo Records (US)
 Royal (Canada)
 Royale (US)
 Sacred (US)
 Signature (US)
 Silvertone (UK)
 Special Editions (US)
 Starr (and Starr-Gennett)(Canada)
 Sterling (Canada)
 Sun Record Company (Canada)
 Supertone (US)
 Swing (France)
 The Hit Record (US)
 Triangle records (US)
 Van Dyke (US)
 Variety (US)
 Varsity (US)
 Velvet Tone (US)
 Victor Recording Company (US)
 Victrola (US)
 Viking
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 The Winner (US)
 World Record (US)

APPENDIX B: An non-exhaustive list of musicians well represented within the collection:
 Al Donahue
 Andrews Sisters
 Andy Kirk
 Art Gilham
 Art Kassel
 Art Tatum
 Artie Shaw
 Bailey’s Lucky Seven
 Ben Selvin
 Bennie Krueger
 Benny Goodman
 Bessie Smith
 Bing Crosby
 Bob Chester
 Bob Crosby
 Bunny Berigan
 Cab Calloway
 Charlie Barnet
 Check Webb
 Clarence Williams
 Coleman Hawkins
 Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven
 Count Basie and his Orchestra
 Dick Jurgens
 Dick Robertson
 Dixieland Swingers
 Duke Ellington
 Earl Hines
 Eddy Duchin
 Ella Fitzgerald
 Erskine Hawkins
 Fats Waller
 Fletcher Henderson
 Frankie Masters
 Freddy Martin
 Gene Krupa
 George Olsen
 Glen Gray
 Glenn Miller
 Gray Gordon
 Guy Lombardo
 Hal Kemp
 Harry James
 Harry James
 Henry Busse
 Henry King
 Horace Heidt
 Ipana Troubadours
 Jan Garber
 Jay McShann
 Jean Goldkette
 Jimmie Lunceford
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Joe Turner
 John Kirby
 Johnny Johnson
 Johnny Long
 Kay Kyser
 Larry Clinton
 Lena Horne
 Leo Reisman
 Lou Gold
 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
 Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
 Marion Harris
 Mills Brothers
 Milt Herth
 Mitchell Ayres
 Nat Shilkret
 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
 Nick LaRocca
 Ozzie Nelson
 Paul Ash
 Paul Whiteman
 Philip Spitalny
 Ray Miller
 Ray Noble
 Red Nichols
 Red Norvo
 Richard Himber
 Roy Eldridge
 Rudy Vallee
 Russ Morgan
 Russ Morgan
 Ruth Etting
 Sammy Kaye
 Shep Fields
 Sidney Bechet
 Ted Weems
 Teddy Powell
 Tempo Kings
 Tommy Dorsey
 Tommy Tucker
 Vincent Lopez
 Wayne King
 Will Bradley
 Will Osborne
 Wingie Mahone
 Woody Herman
 Xavier Cugat
 Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra

Healey, Jeff

Heritage Minutes 2013 acquisition

Heritage Minutes began in 1986 after Charles Bronfman’s CRB Foundation conducted a survey that found many Canadians severely lacked basic historical knowledge of their country. Using similar advertisement ploys, he began to create history-based public service announcements with the help of Patrick Watson, Robert-Guy Scully, and Richard Ciupka under the CRB Foundation. These announcements, which would later be known as Heritage Minutes, followed six main criteria: 1. Intrigue us with Canada’s heritage; 2. Be producible within resources; 3. Be truthful within the bounds of dramatic license; 4. Reflect and celebrate Canadian social and cultural values: tolerance, fairness, courage, tenacity, resourcefulness, inventiveness; 5. Reveal origins; 6. Surprise, provoke reflection, re-examination, raise questions.

After pilot episodes and bilingual focus groups, thirteen episodes were released on March 31, 1991, airing on CBC and Radio-Canada. CRB Foundation continued to release Heritage Minutes, often with the help of the National Film Board of Canada.

In 1999, the short films were renamed Historica Minutes: History by the Minute after CRB Foundation created the Historica Foundation of Canada. The company changed names again in 2009 when the Historica Foundation merged with the Dominion Institute to become the Historica-Dominion Institute. The company was renamed again to its present name Historica Canada in 2013.

Heritage Minutes have been screened by many, including Cineplex Odeon cinemas, Universal Studios Home Video Canada, and VIA Rail. In 2003, Heritage Minutes made their radio debut in 90-second dramas. They have also been the bases for multiple parodies by Canadian comedians and television programs. The 1992 Heritage Minute Halifax Explosion was a Gemini award nomination, with Steve Danyluk as director of photography. To help encourage Canadian broadcasters to air the Minutes, the CRTC has deemed them as 150-per-cent Canadian content programming.

The Heritage Minutes are produced independently without any engagement from funders in script, direction or production. Since Heritage Minutes content is educational, networks have never received payment for airing them.

All stages of production are present in this collection. This includes camera original negatives, workprints, intermediate edits, visual printing elements, soundtrack elements, film release prints, video edits, video masters, along with photographic and textual production documents.

  • Peacemaker (1992)
  • Vikings (1992)
  • John Cabot (1991)
  • Jacques Cartier (1991)
  • Jean Nicolet (1992)
  • Syrup (1997)
  • Governer Frontenac (1992)
  • Laura Secord
  • Hart & Papineau (1995)
  • Étienne Parent
  • Baldwin & LaFontaine (1992)
  • Responsible Government (1991)
  • Orphans (1991)
  • Underground Railroad (1991)
  • Joseph Casavant (1992)
  • The Paris Crew (1995)
  • Saguenay Fire (1992)
  • Jennie Trout (1991)
  • Sitting Bull
  • Les Voltigeurs de Québec
  • Nitro
  • Joseph Tyrrell (1992)
  • Louis Riel (1991)
  • Sir Sandford Fleming
  • Rural Teacher (1992)
  • Soddie (1991)
  • Midwife (1992)
  • Basketball (1992)
  • Sam Steele (1993)
  • Frontier College (1997)
  • Marconi
  • Grey Owl (1999)
  • Valour Road (1991)
  • Winnie
  • John McCrae
  • J.S. Woodsworth (2003)
  • Nellie McClung (1991)
  • Halifax Explosion (1991)
  • Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1993)
  • Emily Murphy (1992)
  • Superman (1991)
  • Myrnam Hospital (1995)
  • La Bolduc (1993)
  • Inukshuk (1993)
  • Wilder Penfield (1991)
  • Agnes Macphail (1992)
  • Bluenose (1995)
  • Emily Carr (1992)
  • Pauline Vanier (1995)
  • Marion Orr (1997)
  • Maurice “Rocket” Richard
  • Jackie Robinson (1997)
  • John Humphrey (1997)
  • Avro Arrow
  • Stratford (1997)
  • Paul-Émile Borduas (1995)
  • Le Réseau (1993)
  • Maurice Ruddick (1993)
  • Jacques Plante (1991)
  • Lucille Teasdale (2000)
  • Marshall McLuhan
  • Flags
  • Expo ’67 (1997)
  • Nat Taylor (1997)
  • Water Pump (1995)
  • Maple Leaf Gardens (1993)
  • Richard Pierpoint (2012)
  • The Battle of Queenston Heights (2013)
  • Vimy Ridge (2005)
  • Osborn of Hong Kong (2005)
  • Mona Parsons (2005)
  • Tommy Prince (2005)
  • Juno Beach (2005)
  • Andrew Mynarski (2005)
  • Home from the Wars (2005)
  • Dextraze in the Congo (2005)

Historica Canada

2015 acquisition

Canadian Talent Library (1962): The first set of music (10 disc LPs) published in 1962 by the Canadian Talent Library. The idea was created by radio managers at CFRB and CJAD so that Canadian artists could be easily accessible to radio stations. Other stations could purchase the set and be able to showcase Canadian talent using the high quality pressings. Though the set was expressly made for radio stations, select copies were given to notable Canadians. This copy, is noteworthy as it is embossed “Dr. Mabel G. Connell”.
The set includes LPs by Johnny Burt (solo), Howard Cable & His Orchestra, Vic Centro Sextet, Johnny Burt & His Orchestra, Rust Davis & His Orchestra, Bill Butler, Paul Grosney Group, Roger Pilon & His Orchestra, Alexander ‘Ragtime’ Read, and Howard Cable ‘Conducting’.

Canadian Adventure 1867-1967 (1967): Produced by J. Frank Willis and issued by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation. A one disc audio-drama depicting Canadian history. Track titles include “Confederation”, “Classroom Scene”, “Ernest Thompson Seton”, “Louis Riel”, “Almighty Voice”, “Edmonton Grads”, “Calixa Lavalee”, and “O Canada”. Voiced by Bruno Gerussi and Gordon Pinsent.

Hose, Ian

2016 acquisition

The collection focuses on Mendelson Joe’s musical career. Video and audio material capture many songs written and performed by Joe. Master demos, commercial releases, and some worksheets are present.

Mendelson Joe

2017 acquisition

Documentary

  • Let it Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
  • The Holier it Gets
  • The True Meaning of Pictures
  • Manufactured Landscapes
  • Hockey Nomad

Drama

  • The Uncles

Performace

  • Teri Rickshaw
  • 40 on 40
  • Streetcar
  • Run The ROM

Other (co-productions, and other productions independent of Mercury)

  • Cold Feet (Canadian Film Centre)
  • Looking You in the Back of the Head (Requisite Productions Inc)
  • Flux (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Girl Named Johnny (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Risible Chick (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Fragments (Pipe Dream Communications)
  • Mass Brass
  • AGO Pulsations II

Mercury Films Inc

2018 acquisition

Scope and Content: The collection is comprised primarily of screener, master copies, and distribution copies of the various programs Octapixx distributed.

Octapixx Worldwide

2016 acquisition

Fonds consists of the professional records of filmmaker, producer, and media consultant Midi Onodera. Including film shorts and feature films that consist of raw footage, outs, and masters, director’s reel, music cues, sound files, waivers, contracts, scripts, production binders, press kits, budgets, copyright information, funding applications, distribution information, cast & crew lists, CV’s, and biographical information. The MAC series includes production and promotional videos for fundraising events and yearly trends. Also includes Film Festival catalogues, Art & Film magazines, zines, newspapers, press clippings, promotional photographs and posters, film stills, publicity photographs, continuity photographs, negatives, and slides.

Onodera, Midi

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